| Table 1. Early season, mid-season, late-season, and final plant mapping data for the Muleshoe Systems Trial, 2001. | |||||||||||||||
| Variety | Early season stand, plants/acre 6/4/01 |
Early season plant height, inches 6/15/01 |
Early season total nodes, number 6/15/01 |
Early season height to node ratio 6/15/01 |
NFFB node number 6/27/01 |
Early season 1st pos. fruit retention, % 6/27/01 |
Early season fruiting nodes, count 6/27/01 |
Mid season 1st pos. fruit retention, % 7/17/01 |
Late season NAWF, count 7/25/01 |
Late season NAWF, count 7/31/01 |
Final plant height inches |
Final vegetative nodes #/plant |
Final fruiting nodes #/plant |
Final total nodes #/plant |
Final height to node ratio |
| DP 2156 | 95,464 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 0.99 | 4.5 | 93.6 | 4.3 | 78.9 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 19.4 | 4.4 | 11.5 | 15.9 | 1.2 |
| FM 819 | 91,205 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 0.78 | 6.8 | 87.7 | 4.2 | 69.2 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 22.0 | 6.0 | 11.4 | 17.3 | 1.3 |
| PM 2145RR | 102,782 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 0.85 | 5.1 | 92.7 | 3.3 | 77.3 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 19.3 | 4.4 | 9.8 | 14.2 | 1.4 |
| PM 2156RR | 98,581 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 0.94 | 5.0 | 91.2 | 4.2 | 78.1 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 20.4 | 4.7 | 10.1 | 14.8 | 1.4 |
| PM 2167RR | 85,145 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 0.84 | 5.0 | 89.1 | 4.1 | 77.9 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 19.8 | 4.6 | 11.0 | 15.5 | 1.3 |
| PM 2200RR | 92,541 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 0.95 | 6.0 | 80.6 | 4.4 | 68.2 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 21.3 | 5.5 | 10.5 | 16.0 | 1.3 |
| PM2280BG/RR | 104,273 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 0.90 | 5.5 | 84.0 | 4.3 | 70.6 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 20.9 | 5.0 | 11.3 | 16.4 | 1.3 |
| PM 2326RR | 106,383 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 1.02 | 4.7 | 82.7 | 4.7 | 74.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 21.4 | 4.9 | 9.5 | 14.4 | 1.5 |
| PM 2379RR | 95,619 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 0.84 | 5.0 | 79.2 | 3.8 | 72.2 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 21.6 | 4.4 | 11.2 | 15.6 | 1.4 |
| PM 280 | 88,088 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 0.99 | 6.0 | 76.7 | 4.6 | 70.9 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 21.9 | 5.2 | 12.5 | 17.7 | 1.2 |
| ST 2454R | 87,101 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 0.91 | 5.4 | 90.9 | 4.6 | 77.3 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 21.8 | 4.8 | 11.4 | 16.3 | 1.3 |
| ST BXN16 | 90,237 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 0.96 | 5.3 | 79.5 | 4.1 | 76.1 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 21.9 | 4.7 | 11.0 | 15.7 | 1.4 |
| All-Tex XpressRR | 82,435 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 0.92 | 5.3 | 90.1 | 4.4 | 70.9 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 20.5 | 4.8 | 11.0 | 15.8 | 1.3 |
| CV, % | 6.7 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 5.4 | 10.1 | 9.2 | 13.2 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 15.3 | 7.9 | 10.3 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 7.1 |
| OSL | 0.0011 | 0.0047 | 0.0085 | <0.0001 | 0.0016 | 0.1614 | 0.3051 | 0.1288 | 0.1328 | 0.4815 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| LSD 0.05 | 10,539 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.08 | 0.9 | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | NS |
| NFFB – node of first fruiting branch NAWF – nodes above 1st position white flower LSD – least significant difference, NS – not significant. Numbers in “Final” columns represent an average of 6 plants per plot for a total of 18 plants per variety. |
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