RESULTS

The spring was warm and other than the very early planted cotton stands were good. We had timely rains without long dry periods. There were no days where temperatures reached 100 degrees. It was great cotton growing weather. We had 2290 DD 60's from May to October, wich is slightly higher than normal and similar to 2003. It was warm early and cool in August.

The Senath trial had to be replanted in late May and it still did very well.

The Clarkton trial on sand had to be abandoned due to nonuniformity that could not be explained.

The Sikeston trial is on a silt loam. The field was irrigated as needed. The location is so near the northern end of the Cotton Belt that it should be a good indicator of early maturing varieties.

The Portageville silt loam location was irrigated as needed. It is on a field that has been in continuous cotton for over forty-four years.

The Portageville clay trial is on a very heavy clay soil that was a former lake bottom. It was irrigated. These yields are much less than last year.

The Roundup Ready trial was on a silt loam and Roundup was applied over the top early before the fifth true leaf and directed later in the growing season.

The results of all of the trials should give very reliable results when planting date and warm growing season is considered.

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