2016 Seed Variety Guide from Cotton Farming Magazine

2016 SEED VARIETY GUIDE

It’s The Time Of The Season

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ate fall, early winter is the time of the season for slowing down a bit after a hectic harvest and contemplating which varieties will have the best fit in your operation in the upcoming year. The menu of varieties from which to choose includes a host of high-yielding, good quality selections for 2016.

To help you get started, cotton seed companies from across the Belt have provided information about their headliners for 2016 on pages 9, 10 and 11 in the annual Seed Variety Guide published by Cotton Farming.

Think about your priorities, discuss them with your consultant and seed representative, then get ready to place your order. The pickings look sweet for 2016!

KEEP CALM AND

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Croplan 3787 B2RF has shown the stability to yield in dryland fields and under irrigation in the Southeast.

Look for its performance using the UGA Cotton Performance Calculator at http://www.ugacotton.com/vault/cottoncalc/.

2016

SEED VARIETY GUIDE

Variety

Maturity

ALL-TEX/DYNA-GRO

Micronaire Leaf Type

Staple Length G/Tex

Comments

All CT numbered varieties will have a new name or number by January 2016.

Bollgard II XtendFlex Cotton DG 3109 B2XF

very early

4.2-4.7

semi-smooth

1.16-1.19

31-32

Best adapted to short-season environments or late planting. Medium plant height. Best fit on moderate to high irrigation.

DG 3385 B2XF

early-mid

4.3-4.6

semi-smooth

1.16-1.19

29-31

Adaptable to TX, AZ, Mid-South, Upper South East and East Coast. Very good storm tolerance/early season vigor/irrigated or dryland. Best performance on sand to silt loams. Manage early with growth regulators.

CT 15444 B2XF

mid-early

4.4-4.8

smooth

1.13-1.24

32-35

Best fit in Texas, Georgia and the Mid-South. Excellent storm tolerance.

Very good Verticillium wilt tolerance.

CT 15994 B2XF

mid-early

4.4-4.9

semi-smooth

1.11-1.19

29-32

Best fit in the Texas high plains. Irrigated or dryland.

CT 15143 B2XF

mid-early

4.4-4.10

semi-smooth

1.11-1.21

29-32

Best fit in the Texas high plains. Irrigated or dryland.

CT 15425 B2XF

m.early to mid 4.4-4.8

smooth

1.12-1.22

32-34

Best fit in Texas, Georgia and the Mid-South. Excellent storm tolerance.

Very good Verticillium wilt tolerance.

CT 15645 B2XF

mid

4.4-4.8

smooth

1.12-1.24

32-35

Best fit in Texas, Georgia and the Mid-South. Excellent storm tolerance.

Very good Verticillium wilt tolerance.

CT 15557 B2XF

mid-full

4.6-4.8

smooth

1.16-1.20

29-31

Broadly adapted from dryland to irrigated acres in the lower Southeast, lower Mid-South and upper Gulf Coast. May require additional PGR applications under high irrigation or strong growing conditions.

CT 15535 B2XF

mid-full

4.3-4.5

smooth

1.12-1.16

29-31

Broadly adapted from dryland to irrigated acres in the lower Southeast, lower Mid-South and upper Gulf Coast. Also adapted to the southern Texas High Plains/Rolling Plains irrigated/dryland. May require additional PGR applications under high irrigation or strong growing conditions.

CT 15545 B2XF

mid-full

4.2-4.6

smooth

1.12-1.17

30-33

Adapted to the southern Texas High Plains and rolling plains irrigated or dryland. Tall plant type. May require additional PGR applications under high irrigation or strong growing conditions.

CT 15426 B2XF

mid-full

4.4-4.9

semi-smooth

1.11-1.17

29-31

Best fit in mid to full-season environments in the Mid-South, Southeast and upper Gulf Coast. Good storm tolerance and high gin turnout.

CT 15622 B2XF

full

4.2-4.6

smooth

1.13-1.19

30-32

Best fit in full season environments in Southeast. Med to tall plant type.

Bollgard II Roundup Ready Flex Cotton CT 14555 B2RF

mid

3.7-4.5

semi-smooth

1.17-1.26

30-35

Best fit in Texas. High yield and high quality. Very good Verticillium wilt and bacterial blight tolerance.

CT 14515 B2RF

mid

4.0-4.7

semi-smooth

1.10-1.23

29-33

Medium/medium tall plant. Good Verticillium/fusarium wilt tolerance.

AMERICOT Bollgard II/Xtend Flex NG 3405 B2XF

early-med

4.4-4.6

semi-smooth

35-36

27-28

Widely adapted to Cotton Belt where early to mid maturing are preferred.

NG 3406 B2XF

early-med

4.4-4.6

semi-smooth

36-37

29-31

Widely adapted across entire Cotton Belt. Similar to NG 1511 B2RF. Excellent fiber quality.

NG 3517 B2XF

early-med

4.0-4.7

smooth

36-37

30-32

Fits TX South Plains/Rolling Plains, SW OK. Proven Vert wilt tolerance.

NG 3522 B2XF

early-med

4.4-4.6

semi-smooth

35-36

27-28

Widely adapted to Cotton Belt where early to mid maturing are preferred.

NG 4545 B2XF

medium

3.9-4.6

smooth

36-37

30-32

Widely adapted to TX South Plains/Rolling Plains and Southwest OK. Proven Verticillium wilt tolerance

NG 5007 B2XF

med-full

4.3-4.6

smooth

36-38

28-29

Best adapted to lower southeast/south Texas and where mid-full season varieties are preferred. Excellent fiber quality.

early-med

3.7-4.6

smooth

36-37

31-32

Widely adapted to TX South Plains/Rolling Plains and Southwest OK. Proven Verticillium wilt tolerance.

Xtend Flex NG 3500 XF

NexGen Bollgard II/Roundup Ready Flex NG 3306 B2RF

early-med

4.0-4.7

semi-smooth

36-37

28-30

Excellent yield potential/fiber quality.

NG 1511 B2RF

medium

4.6-4.8

semi-smooth

35-37

30-31

Excellent yield potential/fiber quality.

NG 4012 B2RF

medium

3.9-4.6

smooth

36-37

30-32

Excellent yield potential/fiber quality.

Roundup Ready Flex NG 1551 RF

very early

3.8-4.5

semi-smooth

35-36

30-32

Suited for N. High Plains, Okla. & Kan.

NG 1572 RF

very early

3.5-4.1

hairy

35-36

27-28

Suited for N. High Plains, Okla. & Kan.

NG 4111 RF

medium

3.7-4.6

smooth

36-37

31-32

Straight Flex sister to NG 4010 B2RF.

early

4.5-4.9

smooth

37-39

36-38

U. of Ark. variety/excellent quality.

Conventional AM UA48

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Variety

Maturity

Micronaire Leaf Type

Staple Length G/Tex

Comments

FM 1830GLT

early-med

4

smooth

1.21

31.9

Broadly adapted Southwest GLT variety with excellent fiber quality, TwinLink worm control and Liberty/glyphosate tolerance.

FM 1900GLT

early-med

4.3

semi-smooth

1.18

32.2

HP/RP variety offers newest FiberMax germplasm with excellent yields, TwinLink worm protection and Liberty/glyphosate tolerance.

FM 2007GLT

early-med

4.2

semi-smooth

1.2

31.9

STX/Rolling Plains GLT with excellent fiber quality, TwinLink worm protection and Liberty/glyphosate tolerance.

FM 2334GLT

medium

4.1

smooth

1.2

31.4

TX/Southwest GLT variety with excellent fiber quality, TwinLink worm control and Liberty/glyphosate tolerance.

FM 1944GLB2

early-med

4.4

semi-smooth

1.18

31.2

Liberty and glyphosate tolerant variety with Bt adapted for Cotton Belt. Offers excellent yields and fiber quality.

FM 1320GL

very early

3.8

semi-smooth

1.13

30.6

High/Rolling Plains variety with GlyTol LibertyLink technology. Very early maturity with high yield potential.

FM 9250GL

early

3.8

semi-smooth

1.14

29.9

High/Rolling Plains variety with GL traits. Excellent yield potential and fiber quality.

FM 2322GL

medium

3.8

semi-smooth

1.17

31.8

High/Rolling Plains and central CA variety with GL traits. Offers high yield potential, excellent fiber quality.

FM 2011GT

early

3.9

semi-smooth

1.12

30.2

High-yielding TX HP/RP GlyTol variety with good root-knot nematode tolerance and excellent storm tolerance.

FM 2484B2F

medium

3.9

smooth

1.17

30.2

High-yielding HP/RP variety with excellent gin turnout, very good Verticillium wilt tolerance, excellent fiber quality.

ST 5115GLT

early-med

4.2

smooth

1.14

30.2

Eastern Belt GLT, high-yielding variety with good fiber quality, TwinLink worm protection and Liberty/glyphosate tolerance.

ST 6182GLT

full

4.5

smooth

1.17

29.5

Full-season GLT variety well suited for irrigation/dryland and light/ heavy soils for high yields in Eastern Cotton Belt.

ST 5032GLT

early-med

4

semi-smooth

1.19

30.6

High-yielding GLT variety best suited for irrigated conditions offers TwinLink worm protection and Liberty/glyphosate tolerance.

ST 5289GLT

medium

4.4

very hairy

1.14

28.8

Excellent yielding, Eastern Belt variety with improved fiber quality over ST 5288B2F and TwinLink 2-gene Bt protection.

ST 4747GLB2

early-med

4.3

semi-smooth

1.17

28.9

Excellent yield potential in a Liberty/glyphosate tolerant variety adapted across Cotton Belt with intermediate Vert wilt tolerance.

ST 4946GLB2

early-med

4.5

semi-smooth

1.15

31.6

No. 1 planted variety in 2015 according to USDA. Broadly adapted with very good nematode tolerance.

ST 6448GLB2

full

4.4

smooth

1.2

29.5

Full-season, high-yielding variety for Eastern Cotton Belt offers Liberty/glyphosate tolerance and very good fiber quality.

PHY 222 WRF

very early

4.8

smooth

1.13

31.1

Earliest maturing variety selected from N.Texas High Plains for its storm tolerance, earliness, consistency and high yield potential.

PHY 312 WRF

early

4.4

semi-smooth

1.16

31.1

Superior yield potential and seedling vigor in an early maturing variety with excellent fiber quality. Complementary to PHY 333 WRF.

PHY 333 WRF

early

4.5

semi-smooth

1.16

30.8

Outstanding yield potential. Broadly adapted early maturing variety with consistent yield and excellent fiber quality.

PHY 339 WRF

early

4.5

semi-smooth

1.16

32.0

Early maturing variety with superior yield potential and outstanding fiber quality. Great companion to PHY 333 WRF or PHY 499 WRF.

PHY 417 WRF

early

4.4

semi-smooth

1.13

30.7

Early-mid season variety that features PhytoGen’s industry leading RKN resistance. Good yield potential and fiber quality.

PHY 427 WRF

early-mid

4.6

semi-smooth

1.13

31.3

Dual-gene RKN resistance. Good yield potential and fiber quality in a variety adapted to light soil textures and root-knot infested areas.

PHY 444 WRF

mid

4.0

smooth

1.23

32.5

Top-of-class fiber quality package with very good yield potential and very long staple length in a mid-maturing, smooth leaf variety.

PHY 487 WRF

early-mid

4.6

semi-smooth

1.11

30.9

RKN resistance. Excellent early season vigor, good yield potential & fiber quality. Adapted to light soil textures, root-knot infested areas.

PHY 495 W3RF

mid

4.6

semi-smooth

1.11

32.7

New: WideStrikeÂŽ 3 Insect Protection. Superior yield potential; broad adaptation in an industry leading insect resistance trait platform.

PHY 499 WRF

mid

4.8

semi-smooth

1.13

33.0

Mid-maturing variety with very broad adaptation, superior yield potential, stability of yield and very good to excellent fiber quality.

PHY 552 WRF

full

4.3

semi-smooth

1.17

33.0

High quality fiber package within a tall, full-maturing cotton variety.

FIBERMAX FiberMax

STONEVILLE Stoneville

PHYTOGEN Upland

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Variety

Maturity

Micronaire Leaf Type

Staple Length G/Tex

Comments

4.0-4.1

35.2-36.5

Adapted to high-yield, short-season regions; yield potential similar to DP 0912 B2RF.

DELTAPINE Bollgard II XtendFlex Cotton DP 1518 B2XF

early

light-hairy

29.3-30.0

DP 1522 B2XF

early-mid

4.2-4.5

semi-smooth

35.0-36.1

31.1-31.6

Good fiber quality potential, yield similar to DP0912 B2RF.

DP 1538 B2XF

mid

4.6

smooth

35.0

29.1

Aggressive grower with yield potential similar to DP 1050 B2RF.

DP 1549 B2XF

full

3.9-4.2

semi-smooth

34.8-35.5

30.4-30.7

Best fit for TX and AZ with solid performance history on dryland and limited-water fields.

DP 1553 B2XF

full

4.4

smooth

36.2-36.4

30.6-30.9

Broadly adapted for full-season growing regions, requires timely PGR management.

Genuity Bollgard II Roundup Ready Flex Cotton DP 1555 B2RF

full

4.0-4.5

semi-smooth

35.8-37.0

30.4-31.8

Excellent yield potential with improved fiber quality over DP 1252 B2RF.

DP 1558NR B2RF

full

4.4-4.9

semi-smooth

36.6-36.8

31.7-32.5

RKN resistant with top-end yield potential in both RKN and nonRKN environments.

DP 1410 B2RF

early

4.1

light-hairy

36.8

30.9

Broadly adapted across West TX conditions; high yield potential.

DP 1454NR B2RF

full

4.3-4.5

light-hairy

35.1-37.6

29.1-31.4

RKN resistant, adapted to sandy soils.

DP 1311 B2RF

early

4.4

light-hairy

36.5

29.4

Excellent fiber quality and yield potential for short-season environments.

DP 1321 B2RF

early-mid

4.4-5.2

semi-smooth

34.6-36.8

30.0-31.0

High yield potential, nice fiber package, widely adapted to short-season environments.

DP 1359 B2RF

full

4.0-4.6

smooth

34.9-36.8

29.8-32.4

Very responsive to high-yield environments in TX and AZ, outstanding yield potential.

DP 1212 B2RF

early

4.5

light-hairy

36.4-37.6

31.0-31.7

Excellent seedling vigor and fiber length, proven high-yielder with improved fiber quality for TX.

DP 1219 B2RF

early-mid

4.0-4.5

semi-smooth

34.9-37.5

30.2-32.7

Broadly adapted to handle stressful conditions, great combination of yield and quality potential.

DP 1252 B2RF

full

4.2-4.7

smooth

34.4-36.9

28.1-29.6

Proven high-yielder on irrigated and more productive soils.

DP 1133 B2RF

mid

4.4-4.9

smooth

35-37.1

30.7-31.6

Fits the tougher conditions of East TX and lower Mid-South.

DP 1137 B2RF

mid

4.3-4.6

smooth

35.3-36.6

28.3-29.4

Vigorous plant that fits soils where larger stalk size is needed.

DP 1034 B2RF

mid

4.5

smooth

37.2

29.6

Vigorous plant with excellent stability.

DP 1044 B2RF

mid-full

4.2-4.5

semi-smooth

34.1-36.4

28.8-30.1

Very popular in TX; great on dryland and limited-water acres, with outstanding yield potential.

DP 1050 B2RF

full

4.0-4.8

smooth

34.7-37.3

27.8-29.5

Proven performer across a range of yield environments, excellent fiber quality for yield potential.

mid-full

4.2-4.6

semi-smooth

34.6-36.6

30.2-32.3

Roundup Ready Flex variety that can handle tough growing conditions.

DP 358 RF Pima

mid-full

4.2

hairy

48.0

42.8

Great combination of yield potential, Pima quality and excellent tolerance to Fusarium Race 4.

DP 348 RF Pima

mid-full

4.2

hairy

48.0

42.8

New Roundup Ready Flex Pima with excellent tolerance to Fusarium Race 4.

Genuity Roundup Ready Flex DP 1441 RF

Pima

CROPLAN CROPLAN 3787B2RF

mid-full

4.2-4.6

semi-smooth

35-37

30-31

Outstanding yield and fiber with premium staple.

CROPLAN 3885B2XF

full

4.4-4.7

smooth

36-38

30-31

New B2XF for full season market.

CROPLAN 3475B2XF

early

4.1-4.6

semi-smooth

36-38

31-33

New early B2XF, broadly adapted across Cotton Belt, excellent yield and fiber quality.

HAZERA HA211

medium

3.8-4.1

semi-smooth

48-50

36.5-38.5

High yielding for Acala/Pima regions.

HA690

early-med

3.8-4.1

semi-smooth

48

37.5-38.5

Very high yielding.

HA1432

medium

3.8-4.1

semi-smooth

46-48

38-39

Very high yielding.

SEED SOURCE GENETICS Conventional SSG HQ210CT

mid-early

4.5-4.8

smooth

35-37

28-30

Smooth leaf picker type.

SSG HQ212CT

mid-early

4.5-4.8

smooth

35-37

28-30

Smooth leaf picker type.

SSG UA 103

early

4.0-4.5

smooth

36-39

31-33

Okra leaf, picker type.

SSG UA 222

mid-early

4.0-4.5

semi-smooth

36-39

29-33

Picker type.

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