Table 6. Mid- and late-season agronomic characteristics of varieties at Cone, TX, 2002. | ||||||||||||||||
Mid-season 7-17-02 | Mid-season 7-24-02 | NAWF | Days | |||||||||||||
Plant height |
Mainstem nodes |
Height to node |
First position fruit retention |
Plant height |
Mainstem nodes |
Height to node |
First position fruit retention |
07/24/02 | 07/30/02 | 08/06/02 | 08/14/02 | to cutout | ||||
Variety | inches | total/plant | ratio | % | inches | total/plant | ratio | % | avg/plant | avg/plant | avg/plant | avg/plant | days | |||
SG215BG/RR | 19.2 | 14.7 | 1.33 | 90.5 | 21.8 | 15.8 | 1.40 | 81.5 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 88.0 | |||
NK 2165C | 17.2 | 13.6 | 1.27 | 83.5 | 20.8 | 16.0 | 1.30 | 61.6 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 87.0 | |||
All-Tex Atlas RR | 18.0 | 13.9 | 1.30 | 90.3 | 22.3 | 15.6 | 1.43 | 64.1 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 84.0 | |||
FM 958 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 1.13 | 84.7 | 20.7 | 16.7 | 1.23 | 65.6 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 88.0 | |||
FM 966 | 16.7 | 15.0 | 1.10 | 84.1 | 21.2 | 16.9 | 1.23 | 63.6 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 87.0 | |||
FM 989RR | 18.2 | 15.3 | 1.17 | 89.8 | 20.8 | 17.4 | 1.17 | 64.9 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 86.0 | |||
PM 2266RR | 17.3 | 15.1 | 1.17 | 89.5 | 19.8 | 14.7 | 1.37 | 65.9 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 81.0 | |||
PM 2280BG/RR | 17.8 | 15.7 | 1.17 | 88.7 | 20.5 | 16.3 | 1.23 | 80.8 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 81.0 | |||
PM 2326RR | 17.7 | 14.2 | 1.23 | 86.8 | 20.7 | 14.6 | 1.40 | 61.8 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 86.0 | |||
PM 2344BG/RR | 17.7 | 15.0 | 1.17 | 93.6 | 20.3 | 15.3 | 1.33 | 78.2 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 84.0 | |||
PM HS26 | 16.5 | 14.3 | 1.17 | 89.7 | 20.8 | 15.4 | 1.37 | 55.9 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 88.0 | |||
Raider 271 | 20.0 | 15.8 | 1.27 | 86.1 | 24.2 | 16.9 | 1.43 | 56.0 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 88.0 | |||
ST 2454R | 16.8 | 14.8 | 1.13 | 92.2 | 21.7 | 15.4 | 1.37 | 69.3 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 86.0 | |||
Average | 17.6 | 14.8 | 1.2 | 88.4 | 21.2 | 15.9 | 1.3 | 66.9 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 85.7 | |||
CV, % | 8.3 | 6.1 | 9.60 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.30 | 15.2 | 5.6 | 8.5 | 15.0 | 14.7 | . | |||
OSL | 0.1751 | 0.1782 | 0.3502 | 0.3672 | 0.0003 | 0.0027 | <0.0001 | 0.0631 | 0.0147 | 0.0003 | 0.4244 | 0.1188 | . | |||
LSD 0.05 | NS | NS | NS | NS | 1.42 | 1.3 | 0.10 | 17.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | NS | NS | . | |||
CV – coefficient of variation, LSD – least significant difference. OSL – observed significance level, or probability of a greater F value. NS – non significant. |