Department of Agronomy 
& Soils
Agricultural Experiment 
Station
Gale A. Buchanan, Director
Department Series No. 58
Auburn University
Auburn University, Alabama
January 1981
1980
REGIONAL
COTTON
FUSARIUM
WILT
TEST
RESULTS

1980 REGIONAL COTTON FUSARIUM WILT REPORT'
A. J. Kappelman, Jr., and D. P. Moore
2
Elite breeding lines and cotton cultivars submitted by 25 cooperators
were evaluated for fusarium wilt resistance under field conditions at
Tallassee, Alabama. These materials were evaluated on a Wickham sandy loam
soil which was highly infested with both the fusarium wilt fungus [Fusarium
oxysporum Schlect. f. vasinfectum (Atk.) Snyd. & Hans.] and root-knot
nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.).
Plots were 40-inch-wide bedded rows 30 feet in length and separated by
6-foot alleys. Cultivars and lines were arranged in a randomized complete
block design with four replications. Both susceptible ('Rowden') and
resistant ('Stoneville 603') cultivars were included as gradient checks.
Rowden was planted in row 5 (15, 25, ... , 305) and Stoneville 603 in row 10
(20, 30, ... , 300) and then in every tenth row thereafter throughout the test.
Plots were planted April 25 and 26, then thinned to three to four plants
per foot of row on June 2. Initial live plant counts were taken June 4.
Wilted plants were counted and removed three times during the growing season,
and counts of remaining live plants were made August 29. Percent wilted plants
per plot was determined as differences between initial and final live plant
counts. Percent mean wilting for each entry was then calculated.
Environmental conditions greatly affected plant growth as well as wilt
incidence and intensity. During the first week after planting, air temperatures
IThis is progress report for information and guidance of cooperators,
the interpretation of which may be modified with additional experimentation.
2
Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-SEA-AR, Adjunct Assistant Professor,
and Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Soils.
varied from 83 to 52 F and the minimum low temperature averaged 57 F. During
IM-ay the mean high temperature was 82 F while the mean low temperature was 63 F
but varied from 49 to 69 F. In addition, 7.49 inches of rainfall occurred
during May. Thus, a considerable amount of seedling disease occurred 
and
plants were extremely unthrifty. From June through September 14, temperatures
varied from 82 to 104 F with a mean air temperature of 92 F. During this
period only 5.67 inches of rainfall occurred. 
As a result, plants were
extremely drought stressed and early senescence occurred. Wilt symptoms of
plants which were already infested with the causal organism progressed
rapidly; however, additional infection and symptoms of wilting were difficult
to detect.
On August 18, plots were irrigated with 3 inches of water. Following this,
some additional wilting occurred but not on early maturing entries. 
Average
wilting over the entire test for Rowden was 70% but wilt incidence of this
check ranged from 17 to 100%. In contrast, the mean incidence of wilting in
Stoneville 603 was only 30% but ranged from 0 to 68%. As a result of this
overlap in wilting between the resistant and susceptible check, entries with
intermediate resistance are difficult to classify.
Entries submitted by W. C. Johnson are commonly grown cultivars or highly
advanced commercial materials; therefore, these are listed by name. Entries
submitted by other cooperators are listed by their coded numbers. Additional
information regarding the genetic background of a specific coded entry should
be obtained from the given cooperator.
Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test Results, 1980
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 3 4 Mean
Jerry D. Carroll, Delta & Pine Land Co., Lubbock, Texas
JDC-l 69.4 35.7 27.1 4.2 34.1
JDC-2 67.0 24.7 22.5 19.0 33.3
JDC-3 62.5 20.8 25.3 8.2 
29.2
JDC-4 37.0 68.1 33.8 17.4 
39.1
Rowden 83.3 90.2 56.2 58.5 72.0
JDC-5 22.6 61.8 31.4 31.8 36.9
JDC-6 11.6 21.3 18.3 25.4 19.2
JDC-7 16.3 22.1 30.8 0 17.3
JDC-8 20.5 62.9 20.5 30.8 33.7
ST-605 4.5 12.3 14.6 35.0 16.6
JDC-9 43.8 43.1 15.2 27.9 32.5
JDC-10 17.3 52.9 .12.5 18.2 25.2
Luther S. Bird, Texas A & M Univ., College Station, Texas
TX-CDPS-1-77 28.1 54.4 36.8 28.9 37.0
TX-CDPS-2-78 27.3 7.3 21.5 31.8 22.0
Rowden 73.2 72.2 70.0 81.4 74.2
TX-CAMD-21-S-78 25.9 16.2 25.6 31.2 24.7
TX-LEBO-2-78 12.8 33.3 22.4 45.5 28.5
TX-ORSBO-12-78 38.9 45.2 25.5 27.3 34.2
TX-ORSLE-5-78. 29.5 56.1 43.1 32.7 40.4
ST-603 68.3 38.0 27.3 31.8 41.4
TX-ORSLP -2-78 66.7 32.9 17.9 
71.4 47.2
TX-Blank-ORSBO-1-78 24.4 1.6 7.8 39.6 
18.4
TX--ORHLJ-1-78 52.5 73.2 23.5 91.9 60.3
Tamcot SP 37H1 46.3 25.0 18.6 13.3 25.8
Rowden 65.3 75.4 45.9 73.0 
64.9
Robert R. Bridge, Miss. State Univ., Stoneville, Mississippi
1 DES 422 39.3 25..3 28.8 14.9 
27.1
2 DES 422-8 34.6 50.8 22.5 
14.7 30.6
3 DES 430 29.3 36..8 44.3 46.2 39.2
4 DES 3545 42.6 41.3 34.0 29.1 
36.8
ST-603 20.9 4794 45.9 16.9 
32.8
5 DES 3531 36.1 27.1 53.6 45.1 
40.5
6 DES 11-9 21.5 18.8 22.6 
7.3 17.6
7 DES 2-37 29.1 55.6 26.9 
32.7 36.1
8 DES 014-3N 47.5 22.2 30.8 
20.0 30.1
Rnoen79.7 G64.8G64.0 52.3G65.2
Lynn McDonald, Coker Pedigreed Seed Co., Hartsville, South Carolina
Coker L--348 21.3 26.1 36.6 45.7
Coker L-4360 5.3 7.5 37.8 55.6
ST-603 30.7 40.6 9.8 
49.2
Coker L-4307 47.6 35.1 30.2 59.4
32.4
26.6
32.6
43.1
4
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation_ 1 2 
3 Ma
Lynn McDonald, Coker Pedigreed Seed 
Co., Hartsville, South Carolina (Cont'd)
Coker L-6101 50.6 32.7 
30.2 41.2 38.7
Coker L-500 59.3 9.5 12.3 29..8 
27.7
Coker L-4383 84.9 52.5 
20.5 56.9.53.7
Rowden 75.3 58.6 29.5 66.7 
57.5
Coker L-5383 549. 14.5 46.5 42.9 
39.7
Coker L-3194 53.6 18.8 
17.8 20.3 27.6
Coker 5110 45.0 36.5 
25.0 36.8 35.8
Coker 312 26.8 63.0 
9.6 24.7 31.0
ST-603 48.7 
50.0 9.0 57.8 41.4
w. P. Sappenfield, Univ. of Mo., Portageville, 
Missouri
Delcot 311 36.7 20.5 0 
29.3 21.6
M063-277-1B 41.1 46.2 
25.3 17.2 32.4
M073-1203 27.9 
63.3 18.9 5.4 28.9
M074-733 20.0 
43.5. 42.7 27.9 33.5
Rowden 880.9 100.0 
46.8 45.5 70.3
M075-'139. 31.6 40.3 
30.3 19.5 30.4
M075-143 45.5 35.0 
14.0 24.7' 29.8
M071-1125 35.7 79.3 
7.8 34.3 39.3
M076-'45 50.0 38.2 
30.3 32.5 37.8
ST-603 24.6 79.1 
18.7 9.3 32.9
M077-28 29.5 25.0 15.6 .1.3 
17.8
Delbert C. Hess, ACCO Seed, Plainview, Texas
ACCO I
ACCO 2
ACCO 3
Rowden
ACCO 4
ACCO 5
ACCO 6
ACCO 7
ST-603
ACCO 8
ACCO 9
ACCO 10
17.3
6.2
17.9
72.5
90.9
14.3
24.3
64.8
55.7
31.*2
23..2
57.9
37.*3
3.9
13.7
64.6
19.7
21.1
23.4
47.3
16.3
5.8
0
4.8
19.0
36.4
20.6
35.3
10.6
24.7
15.7
16.7
25.0
36.1
18.5
2.4
0
16.4
12.7
31.0
8.0
26.7
8.9
4.9
3.1
3.2
14.8
8 .2.
18.4
15.7
16.2
50.8
32.3
21.7
18.1
33.4
25.0
19.1
14.1
18.3
L. L. Barton, Rogers Delinted Cottonseed Co,
LLB 1
Rowden
LLB 2
L.LB 3
LLB 4
LLB 5
ST-'603
LLB 6
LLB 7
LLB 8
LLB 9
Rowden
LLB 10
98.*5
90.5
61.6
31.4
48.9
41.8
15.5
37.5
31.2
25.4
11.1
39.7
31.2
5.1
83.1
70.9
13.2
52.2
36.1
25.7
44.4
30.1
27.9
24.4
70.3
52.6
Waco, Texas
19.4
22.7
22.9
13.6
9.0
22.7
12.2
10.5
46.. 3
34.7
1.4
21.6
22.1
17.9
27*.2
25.0
25.0
13.2
0
0
2Q.8
14.5
18.6
21.1
-37.5
0.
35.2
55.9
45 .'1
20.8
30.8
25.2
13.4
28.3
30.5
26.6
14.5.
42.3
26.5
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Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 3 4 Mean
Carl A. Moosberg, Growers Seed Assoc., Lubbock, Texas
GSA, 74 13.0 33.3 6.6 25.9 19.7
GSA, 0 29.6 2.8 10.8 11.8 13.8
GSA, 78 12.8 16.5 31.8 28.2 22.3
ST-603 47.3 22.4 8.2 1.2 19.8
VW, 177 21.3 5.4 10.3 14.5 12.9
GSA, 78-4 39.7 25.0 14.3 31.2 27.6
Mason Hawkins, Ranger Seed Co., Tahoka, Texas
RV-1 19.6 35.2 13.3 34.7 25.7
RV-2' 12.7 15.5 4.3 0 8.1
Rowden 62.5 79.7 50.0 56.1 62.1
RV- 3 46.8 10.7 18.8 8.9 21.3
Jerry L. Baker, Pioneer, Vernon, Texas
PR-i 32.5 44.4 28.3 43.4 37.2
PR-2 33.3 27.4 18.9 7.2 21..7
PR-3 26.3 24.6 26.9 17.9 23.9
ST-603 38.5 2.6 31.8 4.7 19.4
PR-4 32.5 16.2 14.6 18.8 20.5
PR-5 34.9 26.9 20.5 8.6 22.8
PR-6 30.3 28.9 12.7 6.8 19.7
PR-7 36.6 23.9 33.3 25.9 29.9
Rowden 69.7 67.9 95.6 60.0 73.3
PR-8 26.7 6.7 39.0 17.9 22.6
PR-9 32..1 50.0 80.9 29.3 48.1
PR-10 42.1 34.1 77.8 30.8 46.2
Shelby H. Baker, Coastal Plains Exp. Sta., Tif ton, Georgia
GaT-1 25.6 7.8 25.0 48.3 26.7
ST-603 31.4 19.4 27.9 27.0 26.4
GaT-2 45.8 8.0 41.4 46.7 35.5
GaT-3 40.0 39.2 21.9 0 25.3
GaT-4 22.0 32.7 61.1 38.5 38.6
GaT-5 28.6 9.3 34.2 11.1 20.8
Rowden 50.0 32.7 90.0 16.7 47.4
GaT-6 36.4 21.0 15.8 35.3 27.1
GaT-7 31.0 34.0 24.2 5..1 23.*6
GaT-8 12.3 13.2 41.2 7.6 18.6
GaT-9 21.3 25.4 26.5 8.2 20.4
NK 1
NK 2
NK 3
Rowden
NK 4
NK 5
26.4
19.6
28.9
73.6
56.4
40.0
73.7
43.1
47.0
100.0
57.1
48.0
10.3
15.4
42.6
70.9
33.3
20.4
7.1
32.7
39.5
20.0
10.0
87.8
29.*4
27.7
39.5
66.1
39.2
49.0
tel
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 3 4 Mean
Linwood Roberts, Northrup King Co., Laurinburg, North Carolina (Cont'd)
NK 6 55.6 71.2 22.9 41.8 47.9
NK 7 15.8 68.8 30.3 47.6 40.6
ST-603 51.2 47.8 15.5 34.5 37.2
NK 8 43.5 51.2 5.9 22.2 30.7
NK 9 54.2 36.7 30.8 30.2 38.0
NK 10 60.5 86.1 21.5 30.8 49.7
C. W. Manning, Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Co., Stoneville, Mississippi
Stoneville #1 44.8 63.0 9.7 39.1 39.2
Rowden 55.6 79.5 76.2 81.2 73.1
Stoneville #2 42.6 29.4 13.5 20.0 26.4
Stoneville #3 69.4 14.7 20.0 13.2 29.3
Stoneville #4 55.4 27.6 32.3 73.1 47.1
Stoneville #5 36.1 26.8 10.0 5.8 19.7
ST-603 38.5 1.5 14.3 40.0 23.6
Stoneville #6 60.0 45.5 26.1 2.2 33.4
Stoneville #7 89.5 30.6 35.3 44.4 50.0
Stoneville #8 93.8 23.7 24.6 44.1 46.6
Stoneville #9 68.8 19.2 8.8 54.5 37.8
Rowden 100.0 39.8 76.5 76.9 73.3
Stoneville #10 86.7 14.1 15.6 36.4 38.2
Gene Douglas, Hollandale Seed & Del. Co., Hollondale, Mississippi
HAS 1001 64.0 0 41.0 10.7 28.9
HAS 1002 26.6 14.6 41.0 36.4 29.6
HAS 1003 36.4 33.3 13.0 0-20.7
ST-603 10.2 12.5 4.5 43.9 17.8
HAS 1004 44.8 0 26.1 19.2 22.5
HAS 1005 44.6 26.1 25.3 23.3 29.8
HAS 1006 26.9 14.1 40.0 29.9 27.7
HAS 1007 47.8 28.4 79.3 30.0 46.4
Rowden 68.6 83.1 83.8 87.5 80.8
HAS 1008 57.4 65.4 10.3 13.6 36.7
HAS 1009 26.4 15.5 47.5 50.0 34.8
HAS 1010 45.7 14.8 20.3 26.4 26.8
Roger G. Ward, Delta & Pine Land Co.*, Tulare, California
RW 1 21.1 3.2 22.4 46.9 23.4
ST-03 43.1 13.0 10.4 18.2 21.2
OKLA 1
OKLA 2
OKLA 3
OKLA 4
ST-603
OKLA 5
28.3
26.9
46.4
36.8
46.2
35.9
15.9
18.2
9.5
3.*3
24.0
0
16.7
31.*4
47.7
39.0
53.5
52.5
25.5
35.2
26.7
40.6
18.5
46.2
21.6
27.9
32.6
29.9
35.6
33.6
Test entry- Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 3 4 Mean
Laval M. Verhalen, Okla. State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma (Cont'd)
Westburn M 12.5 24.0 12.8 22.2 17.9
OKLA 7 24.7 20.0 35.9 48.5 32.3
OKLA 8 15.0 32.1 8.9 51.9 270
Rowden 64.1 67.6 96.2 96.4 81.1
OKLA 9 18.6 32.1 24.4 40.9 29.0
OKLA 10 7.9 3.3 33.3 57.1 25.4
H. W. Webb, Coker's Pedigreed Seed Co., Hartsville, South Carolina
Webb 1 32.7 13.7 33.0 39.0 29.6
Webb 2 35.6 5.8 15.9 54.9 28.0
ST-603 22.5 .20.8 16.9 18.8 19.8
Webb 3 33.3 65.1 35.7 23.1 39.3
Webb 4 36.6 51.5 49.3 27.8 41.3
Webb 5 33.7 10.0 19.0 14.0 19.2
Webb 6 50.7 50.0 57.4 22.5 45.2
Rowden 56.1 74.6 86.7 64.7 70.5
Webb 7 35.8 43.9 39.7 65.1 46.1
Webb 8 30.1 35.8 27.8 37.8 32.9
Webb 9 55.3 31.8 53.6 13.0 38.4
Webb 10 40.8 20.0 30.9 2.4 23.5
ST-603 57.0 47.8 43.4 31.0 44.8
Jack E. Jones, La. State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
JJ 1 49.0 68.3 14.3 28.8 40.1
JJ 2 27.9 31.7 35.3 13.6 27.1
JJ 3 37.3 16.7 0 21.7 18.9
JJ 4 19.0 49.3 11.9 11.3 22.9
Rowden 83.3 92.5 18.2 97.0 72.8
JJ 5 17.6 17.7 23.9 2.8 15.5
JJ 6 27.5 10.5 21.6 0 14.9
JJ 7 30.8 23.4 28.7 31.6 28.6
JJ 8 29.4 34.7 13.3 8.9 21.6
ST-603 35.2 48.7 45.5 35.0 41.1
JJ 9 51.9 39.3 40.4 9.6 35.3
JJ 10. 56.4 30.6 40.0 10.0 34.2
J. S. Boswell, Jr., Coker's Pedigreed Seed Co., Tunica, Mississippi
Boswell 1 37.2 35.6 18.5 31.7 30.8
Boswell 2 41.4 64.5 30.8 9.4 36.5
8
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 3 4 Mean
Keith R. Jones, Delta & Pine Land Co., Scott, Mississippi
DPLl1 40.0 53.8 50.0 30.6 43.6
DPL-2 71.6 39.7 58.5 19.4 47.3
DPL-3 69.2 31.0 40.0 13.7 38.5
DPL-4 75.4 25.0 16.7 13.3 32.6
ST-603 45.3 25.4 29.3 6.6 26.6
DPL-5 44.4 72.4 42.4 16.2 43.8
DPL-6 28.4 31.8 22.2 15.6 24.5
DPL-7 56.7 41.9 53.1 46.2 49.5
DPL-8 72.1 41.0 43.1 21.6 
44.4
Rowden 67.2 56.0 95.9 94.0 78.3
DPL-9 45.2 58.3 91.5 25.8 55.2
DPL-10 47.3 45.9 40.5 55.3 47.2
J. B. Weaver, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
JBW 1 55.2- 58.5 69.1 48.1 57.7
JBW 2 25.7 35.7 4.3 40.0 26.4
ST-203 37.2 32.0 34.2 9.1 28.1
JBW 3 66.7 38.0 74.4 72.4 
62.9
JBW 4 23.9 8.5 34.4 2.8 17.4
JBW 5 71.4 59.7 58.8 91.7 70.4
R. L. Shepherd, USDA, SEA, AR, Auburn University, Alabama
RLS-l 24.6 35.7 21.9 13.5 23.9
Rowden 86.9 63.4 94.6 86.8 82.9
RLS-2 23.3 34.5 15.4 0 18.3
RLS-3 29.7 40.0 13.0 34.1 29.2
RLS-4 27.0 4.2 1.8 5.9 9.7
RLS-5 55.3 19.0 51.6 38.5 41.1
ST-603 42.3 26.1 41.9 23.7 33.5
RLS-6 51.1 28.3 34.0 10.4 
31.0
RLS-7 38.9 28.6 26.5 32.0 
31.5
RLS-8 3 9.7 32.4 38.2 11.6 3 0.5
RLS-9 36.6 30.8 14.0 9.1 22.6
Bowden 94.8 46.4 96.8 86.0 81.0
RLS-l0 42.1 34.1 34.5 27.9 
34.6
RLS-ll .29.1 170.5 25.9 36.1 
27.2.
RLS-12 16.0 10.5 10.3 12.9 12.4
T. W. Culp, USDA, SEA, AR, Pee Dee. Experiment Stg,- Florence, South Carolina
TWC 9 52.1 32.0 54.3 57.6 49.0
ST-603 28.1 20.0 27.1 9.8 
21.2
TWC 10 24.4 25.6 44.0 28.6 30.6
9
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 3 4 Mean
W. C. Johnson, Auburn University, Alabama
Coker 304 48.5 27.5 41.3 34.8 38.0
Coker 310 41.2 36.7 38.7 24.1 35.2
DES 56 40.5 53.2 35.8 12.5 35.5
Rowden 77.9 76.5 88.9 93.5 84.2
Coker 3114 45.8 51.9 14.0 46.8 39.6
Stoneville 506 47.9 50.9 25.0 11.5 33.8
Coker 420 44.2 51.0 31.2 20.6 36.8
Stoneville 213 86.0 90.2 50.0 49.2 68.8
ST-603 28.4 53.5 11.1 33.7 31.7
Stoneville 825 70.2 93.8 67.3 100.0 82.8
DPL-55 8.2 25.6 46.2 25.6 26.4
Coker 3113 30.2 40.7 .50.0 23.1 36.0
DPL-41 54.2 53.4 58.6 42.9 52.3
Rowden 84.4 58.1 100.0 85.7 82.0
DPL-26 62.3. 35,1 35.6 33.3 41.6
GaCot 79 19.4 54.9 19.5 33.3 31.8
McNair 220 31.6 35.5 36.0 28.6 32.9
GP 3774 36.7 54.7 56.8 33.3 45.4
ST-603 27.5 33.3 24.4 34.1 29.8
GP 3755 75.0 10.0 22.0 33.3 35.1
Delcot 311 20.8 28.3 38.5 13.3 25.2
Vail 7 100.0 17.9 55.6 44.0 54.4
DPL 61 36.9 31.0 42.9 29.8
Rowden 83.3 26.5 73.2 *.,92.9 69.0
McNair 235 50.8 649 16.7 24.0 24.6
Coker 315 77.4 33.3 34.8 31.5 44.2
DPL 7148 66.7 33.8 21.9 15.0 34.4
Hancock 81.8 20.8 40.4 100.0 60.8
ST-603 63.0 1.0 13.4 34.1 27.9
Rex 713 55.8 11.5 0 28.4 23.9
Auburn 56 43.1 24.4 26.1 44.2 34.4
A. J, Kappelman, Jr., USDA, SEA, AR, Auburn University, Alabama
AKI. 17.9 7 .6 18.5 9.0 13.2
AK2 15.2 27.4 0 5.7 12.1
Rowden 60,6 60.3 84.8 57.7 65.8
AK3 46.2 40.4 35.0 61.0 45.6
AK4 14.3 7.9 17.6 4.5 11.1
AKS 18.5 26.8 14.8 14.8 18.7


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