| Table 43. Results of the dryland spacing study at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Lubbock, TX, 2001. | |||||||||||
| Agronomic Properties | % Open | ||||||||||
| Spacing | % Turnout | % Lint | Boll | Seed | Lint | Seed Per | Bolls | ||||
| Designation | Plts/ft | Yield | Lint | Seed | Picked | Pulled | Size | Index | Index | Boll | 8-29-01 |
| Paymaster 2326 RR | 1 | 173 | 24.9 | 43.9 | 34.9 | 26.9 | 4.2 | 10.0 | 5.9 | 25.0 | 48 |
| Bronco 73 | 2 | 165 | 26.1 | 44.4 | 35.8 | 24.6 | 4.2 | 9.1 | 5.4 | 27.7 | 64 |
| Paymaster 2326 RR | 2 | 162 | 24.4 | 42.0 | 34.2 | 25.6 | 3.6 | 10.4 | 5.9 | 20.7 | 42 |
| Paymaster 2326 RR | 6 | 158 | 24.3 | 42.2 | 34.6 | 26.2 | 3.2 | 9.6 | 5.7 | 19.6 | 54 |
| Bronco 73 | 1 | 156 | 26.4 | 44.6 | 35.7 | 26.0 | 4.6 | 10.6 | 6.3 | 26.0 | 77 |
| Paymaster 2326 RR | 4 | 150 | 25.5 | 43.9 | 34.1 | 25.6 | 3.4 | 9.4 | 5.4 | 21.5 | 70 |
| Bronco 73 | 4 | 145 | 25.2 | 43.6 | 36.2 | 26.2 | 4.1 | 9.9 | 6.0 | 24.4 | 72 |
| All-Tex Excess + | 1 | 145 | 22.6 | 43.0 | 33.0 | 22.9 | 4.4 | 12.4 | 6.7 | 21.9 | 32 |
| Bronco 73 | 6 | 140 | 26.3 | 44.8 | 35.7 | 25.0 | 3.4 | 9.6 | 5.8 | 20.9 | 67 |
| All-Tex Excess + | 4 | 138 | 23.3 | 42.2 | 33.5 | 23.5 | 3.9 | 9.7 | 5.4 | 24.3 | 45 |
| All-Tex Excess + | 2 | 137 | 22.7 | 42.2 | 33.8 | 22.9 | 4.4 | 11.2 | 6.1 | 24.5 | 60 |
| Paymaster 183 | 1 | 133 | 24.0 | 41.2 | 35.4 | 24.5 | 4.1 | 10.1 | 5.8 | 24.9 | 84 |
| All-Tex Excess + | 6 | 127 | 21.9 | 39.2 | 33.9 | 23.0 | 3.5 | 9.1 | 5.2 | 23.2 | 38 |
| Paymaster 183 | 2 | 120 | 25.1 | 43.8 | 36.2 | 21.0 | 3.3 | 8.8 | 5.4 | 22.2 | 84 |
| Paymaster 183 | 4 | 119 | 24.6 | 42.5 | 35.0 | 22.6 | 2.9 | 8.8 | 5.1 | 20.3 | 74 |
| Paymaster 183 | 6 | 119 | 24.1 | 43.3 | 34.9 | 24.9 | 3.0 | 9.1 | 5.1 | 20.0 | 83 |
| Mean | 143 | 24.4 | 42.9 | 34.8 | 24.4 | 3.7 | 9.8 | 5.7 | 22.9 | 62 | |
| C.V.% | 10.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 11.9 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 11.2 | 26.6 | |
| LSD 0.05 | 18 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 20 | |
| Table 43A. Results of the dryland spacing study at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Lubbock, TX, 2001. | ||||||||||
| Designation | Spacing Plts/Ft |
Micro- naire |
Length | Uni- formity |
Strength | Elon- gation |
Leaf Index |
Rd | +b | Color Grade1/ |
| Paymaster 2326 RR | 1 | 5.0 | 1.02 | 81.5 | 31.3 | 7.0 | 1 | 74.1 | 9.5 | 31-4,32-2 |
| Bronco 73 | 2 | 5.2 | 0.96 | 81.1 | 27.8 | 5.9 | 2 | 73.8 | 9.5 | 31-4 |
| Paymaster 2326 RR | 2 | 5.2 | 1.02 | 82.1 | 31.2 | 6.8 | 1 | 73.9 | 9.5 | 31-4,32-2 |
| Paymaster 2326 RR | 6 | 5.4 | 1.01 | 80.5 | 30.2 | 6.9 | 2 | 72.6 | 9.2 | 41-3 |
| Bronco 73 | 1 | 5.2 | 0.99 | 81.6 | 27.9 | 6.0 | 1 | 73.8 | 9.6 | 31-4 |
| Paymaster 2326 RR | 4 | 5.4 | 1.01 | 81.7 | 30.9 | 6.6 | 2 | 72.6 | 9.5 | 32-2,41-3 |
| Bronco 73 | 4 | 5.4 | 0.98 | 80.6 | 27.9 | 6.0 | 1 | 73.3 | 9.8 | 32-2 |
| All-Tex Excess + | 1 | 4.9 | 1.05 | 82.6 | 33.6 | 7.2 | 2 | 74.3 | 9.1 | 31-4 |
| Bronco 73 | 6 | 5.2 | 0.97 | 80.0 | 27.8 | 6.2 | 1 | 72.6 | 9.6 | 32-2 |
| All-Tex Excess + | 4 | 5.2 | 1.02 | 81.1 | 32.7 | 7.1 | 2 | 71.6 | 8.8 | 41-3,41-4 |
| All-Tex Excess + | 2 | 5.3 | 1.04 | 82.2 | 34.0 | 7.1 | 2 | 71.0 | 9.0 | 41-3,42-1 |
| Paymaster 183 | 1 | 5.8 | 0.91 | 79.9 | 27.2 | 5.3 | 1 | 72.9 | 10.3 | 32-1 |
| All-Tex Excess + | 6 | 5.3 | 1.01 | 81.1 | 33.3 | 7.4 | 2 | 72.1 | 9.1 | 41-3,42-1 |
| Paymaster 183 | 2 | 5.6 | 0.91 | 79.3 | 27.1 | 5.0 | 1 | 71.9 | 10.4 | 32-1,32-2 |
| Paymaster 183 | 4 | 5.7 | 0.89 | 79.9 | 27.4 | 5.6 | 1 | 71.2 | 10.6 | 32-1,33-2 |
| Paymaster 183 | 6 | 5.7 | 0.88 | 79.2 | 27.0 | 5.2 | 1 | 71.9 | 10.5 | 32-1,32-2 |
| Mean | 5.3 | 0.98 | 80.9 | 29.8 | 6.3 | 72.7 | 9.6 | |||
| C.V.% | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 2.5 | |||
| LSD 0.05 | 0.2 | 0.03 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | |||
1/ Fiber quality determinations are made on samples from two reps. If the color grades from these two samples are identical, only one color grade is reported. If they are different, both are reported.