1991 Regional Cotton 
Fusarium Wilt Report
February 1992
Agronomy and Soils Departmental Series No. 159
Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Lowell T. Frobish, Director
Auburn University
Auburn University, Alabama

1991 REGIONAL COTTON FUSARIUM WILT 
REPORT'
W.C. JOHNSON'
Cotton cultivars and elite breeding lines submitted by 21
cooperators were evaluated for fusarium wilt resistance under field
conditions at the Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama. These
entries were grown on an Independence loamy fine sand 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,
separated by 6-foot alleys. Four replications of the test 
entries
and checks, arranged in a block design, were 
evaluated. Both
susceptible (Rowden) and resistant (Auburn 
56) cultivars were
included as checks. Auburn 56 was developed 
at Auburn and released
in 1953. It was used as the resistant check in the Regional
Fusarium Wilt Test for many years. 
However, it was replaced when
it was no longer grown commercially. Auburn 56 is 
again being used
as the resistant check because, although obsolete, it is the 
most
consistently resistant cultivar available. Rowden was planted in
row 5 and every tenth row thereafter (15, 25,...,225) and 
Auburn 56
in row 10 and every tenth row thereafter (20, 30,...,220)
throughout the test. Plots were planted May 3. Initial 
plant
counts were made on June 21. Wilted plants were 
also
'This report is a joint contribution between USDA-ARS, Crop
Science Research Laboratory, Mississippi State, Mississippi, and
the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University,
Alabama.
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Professor of Agronomy and Soils
counted and removed on that date. Later, wilted plants were
counted and removed on July 8, July 19, August 6, and August 13.
The remaining live plants were also counted and recorded on August
13. Percent wilted plants were then determined and mean wilting
for a given entry calculated.
Average wilting of the susceptible Rowden was 85, 83, 91, 
and
88 percent for the four replications (87 percent average).
Corresponding wilt percentages for the resistant check, 
Auburn 56,
were 8, 8, 30, and 39 (21 percent average). Critical 
evaluation of
a given entry should be made relative to 
the checks closest to the
entry within each replication. Evaluation 
of breeding process or
evaluation of entries over years should 
be made only between the
relative value of this entry and 
that of the closest susceptible
check rows for each year.
Entries submitted by W. C. Johnson 
are commonly grown
cultivars or advanced commercial materials and 
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 named
cooperator.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The author expresses appreciation to A.J. Kappelman, 
Jr.,
retired, for advice and technical assistance in conducting 
the test
and preparing this report.
Information contained herein is available to all persons without
regard to race, color, sex, or national origin.
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1991 FUSARIUM WILT TEST
PLANT BREEDING UNIT, TALLASSEE, ALABAMA
Test entry Percent 
wilt by replication
designation 1 2 3 
4 Mean
1 Jim Mitchell, Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Co., Inc., Box
167, Stoneville, MS 38776
001 JFM 1............. 55 9 64 91 55
002 JFM 2.............. 57 12 97 85 63
003 JFK 3.............. 84 40 91 91 76
004 JFM 4.............. 23 12 96 33 41
005 ROWDENW............ 89 95 100 76 90
006 JFM 5.............. 11 3 71 50 34
007 JFM 6.............. 62 44 96 38 60
008 JFM 7................89 5 87 15 49
009 JFM 8.............. 23 38 43 77 45
010 AUBURN 56.......... 5 5 18 6 8
2 C. Wayne Smith, Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences, Texas
A & M Univ., College Station, TX 77843-2474
011 86T2-2............. 3 5 14 36 14
012 86T2-12............ 61 18 79 85 61
013 86H3-16............ 51 18 87 86 60
014 86G3-300.......... 11 10 77 64 40
015 ROWDEN ............. 86 84 91 100 90
016 86SD-46............ 99 100 100 99 100
017 86SD-30............ 35 57 76 78 62
018 86G3-1............. 22 14 87 80 51
019 90C-19............. 1 21 46 17 21
020 AUBURN 56.......... 10 13 7 33 16
3 Robert R. Bridge, Delta Branch Expt. Sta., Mississippi
State Univ., P.O. Box 197, Stoneville, MS 38776
021 RRB 1.............. 4 34 13 34 21
022 RRB 2.............. 8 99 62 85 64
023 RRB 3.............. 5 25 62 88 45
024 RRB 4.............. 13 50 38 54 39
025 ROWDENW........... 91 77 94 99 90
026 RRB 5.............. 5 34 38 75 38
027 RRB 6............. 2 37 22 82 36
028 RRB 7.............. 1 5 9 86 25
029 RRB 8.............. 2 78 4 90 44
030 AUBURN 56.......... 2 27 8 76 28
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1991 FUSARIUM WILT TEST
PLANT BREEDING UNIT, TALLASSEE, 
ALABAMA
Test entry 
Percent wilt by replication
designation 
1 2 3 4 Mean
4 Keith R. Jones, Delta & Pine Land Co., P.O. Box 157,
Scott, MS 38772
031 DPL 1.............. 10 94 
75 100 70
032 DPL 2.............. 12 62 11 100 
46
033 DPL 3.............. 32 100 78 
87 74
034 DPL 4.............. 2 38 55 98 48
035 ROWDEN............. 29 84 
100 87 75
036 DPL 5.............. 0 12 45 100 39
037 DPL 6.............. 0 20 27 44 23
038 DPL 7.............. 13 100 68 85 
66
039 DPL 8.............. 43 78 38 76 
59
040 AUBURN 56.......... 7 17 8 
49 20
5 Richard F. Holland, AgriPro, P.O. Box 427, Axtell, 
TX
76624
041 1.................. 80 81 37 95 73
042 2.................. 5 84 28 86 51
043 3.................. 16 52 7 98 43
044 4.................. 11 69 25 79 46
045 ROWDEN ............. 41 88 17 99 61
046 5................. 6 50 17 100 43
047 6.................. 18 23 11 100 38
048 7.................. 9 13 4 93 
30
049 8.................. 12 37 17 100 42
050 AUBURN 56.......... 6 14 12 97 32
6 Richard Sheetz, Cargill Hybrid Seeds, Box 2, Aiken, TX
79221
051 1.................. 6 39 21 85 38
052 2.................. 8 23 55 92 44
053 3.................. 67 64 85 84 75
054 4.................. 13 12 65 94 46
055 ROWDEN............. 98 65 98 84 
86
056 5.................. 31 18 75 89 53
057 6.................. 1 15 10 23 12
058 7......:.-........... 5 7 17 20 12
059 8.................. 3 2 29 23 
14
060 AUBURN 56.......... 3 3 43 37 
22
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1991 FUSARIUM WILT TEST
PLANT BREEDING UNIT, TALLASSEE, 
ALABAMA
Test entry 
Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 
2 3 4 Mean
7 A. L. Germany, Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Co., Inc., 
Box
167, Stoneville, MS 38776
061 1.................. 41 21 83 85 
58
062 2.................. 63 11 99 100 
68
063 3.................. 42 25 95 100 
66
064 4.................. 33 20 100 
61 54
065 ROWDEN ............. 80 77 98 93 
87
066 5.................. 16 20 44 59 
35
067 6.................. 0 14 36 
71 30
068 7.................. 7 31 50 
15 26
069 8.................. 6 4 81 15 
26
070 AUBURN 56.......... 1 2 39 23 16
8 John Green, Seed Source, Inc., 106 4th Street, Leland,
MS 38756
071 SS1................ 0 13 20 2 9
072 SS2................ 16 11 54 1 20
073 SS3................ 8 17 88 7 30
074 SS4................ 57 59 67 14 49
075 ROWDEN............ 87 77 89 75 82
076 SS5................ 11 14 73 25 31
077 SS6 ................ 3 7 79 37 32
078 SS7................ 6 2 38 9 
14
079 SS8................ 45 40 96 39 55
080 AUBURN 56.......... 13 5 27 10 14
9 Kamal M. E1-Zik, Dept. of Soil & Crop Sci., 
Texas A & M
Univ., College Station, TX 77843-2474
081 KME-1.............. 15 5 49 37 26
082 KME-2............. 10 2 11 8 
8
083 KME-33............. 97 57 98 92 86
084 KME-4 ............ 39 17 77 41 
44
085 ROWDEN............ 88 62 97 99 86
086 KME-5.............. 17 11 28 19 19
087 KME-6.............. 34 18 84 62 50
088 KME-7.............. 43 4 55 41 36
089 KME-8.............. 32 17 96 99 61
090 AUBURN 56.......... 12 2 20 11 11
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1991 FUSARIUM WILT TEST
PLANT BREEDING UNIT, TALLASSEE, ALABAMA
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 
3 4 Mean
10 Peggy Thaxton, Dept. of Soil & Crop Sci., Texas A & M
Univ., College Station, TX 77843-2474
091 PMT-1.............. 12 52 69 47 45
092 PMT-2.............. 16 12 62 88 44
093 PMT-3.............. 36 23 94 66 55
094 PMT-4.............. 23 34 91 69 54
095 ROWDEN............. 96 59 96 85 84
096 PMT-5.............. 16 9 100 72 49
097 PMT-6.............. 18 16 84 97 54
098 PMT-7.............. 31 27 75 93 56
099 PMT-8.............. 80 64 99 93 84
100 AUBURN 56.......... 2 8 25 62 24
11 Warner D. Fisher, Chembred, Inc., Rt. 
3, Box 750,
Maricopa, AZ 85239
101 9................. 67 97 67 78 77
102 10..0............. 92 34 79 100 76
103 11................. 56 89 88 76 77
104 12................. 96 57 18 75 62
105 ROWDEN............. 100 100 95 71 92
106 13................. 44 69 27 96 59
107 14................ 20 14 44 65 36
108 15............... 38 17 22 84 40
109 16........... ..... 037 45 51 95 57
110 AUBURN 566...... 3 14 31 94 36
12 Verlin Boeder, Chembred, Inc., Rt. 3, Box 750,
Maricopa, AZ 85239
111 1.................. 12 31 4 85 33
112 2.................. 89 64 13 99 66
113 3.................. 96 39 28 99 66
114 4.................. 13 31 32 97 43
115 ROWDEN...............96 100 94 100 98,
116 5.................. 60 75 69 94 74
117 6.................. 51 72 50 100 68
118 7.................. 20 24 81 95 55
119 8................ 45 34 63 100 60
120 AUBURN 56.... 17 7 12 50 22
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1991 FUSARIUM WILT TEST
PLANT BREEDING UNIT, TALLASSEE, ALABAMA
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 3 4 Mean
13 Shelby H. Baker, Univ. of Ga. Coastal Plain Station,
Tifton, GA 31793
121 Ga-1............... 21 9 94 2 32
122 Ga-2............... 79 20 86 95 70
123 Ga-3............... 14 7 89 99 52
124 Ga-4............... 35 20 99 88 60
125 ROWDEN............. 96 93 100 99 97
126 Ga-5............... 24 12 88 90 54
127 Ga-6............... 13 10 85 23 33
128 Ga-77............. 11 46 55 11 31
129 Ga-8............... 19 13 30 84 36
130 AUBURN 56........... 5 5 15 36 15
14 Bobby Phipps, Agrigenetics Co., 13974 W. Van Buren,
Goodyear, AZ 85338
131 Ex. 1...... ........ 3 8 3 14 7
132 Ex. 2.............. 2 1 16 12 8
133 Ex. 3.............. 15 7 58 7 22
134 Ex. 4.............. 18 11 31 73 33
135 ROWDENW........... 98 93 99 95 96
136 Ex. 5.............. 1 9 14 15 10
137 Ex. 6.............. 6 4 62 19 23
138 Ex. 7.............. 3 3 15 5 6
139 Ex. 8.............. 5 0 10 8 6
140 AUBURN 56.......... 0 12 36 6 
14
15 Laval M. Verhalen, Dept. of Agronomy, Oklahoma State
Univ., Stillwater, OK 74079-0507
141 OKLA-1............. 1 1 48 14 16
142 OKLA-2............. 6 6 13 8 8
143 OKLA-3............. 22 27 47 7 26
144 OKLA-4............. 17 49 48 13 32
145 ROWDEN............. 63 99 97 61 80
146 OKLA-5............. 4 18 2 0 6
147 OKLA-6............. 18 17 13 6 14
148 OKLA-7............. 5 6 14 1 6
149 OKLA-8............. 1 13 70 36 30
150 AUBURN 56.......... 6 14 18 6 11
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1991 FUSARIUM WILT TEST
PLANT BREEDING UNIT, TALLASSEE, ALABAMA
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 3 4 Mean
16 D. Steven Calhoun, Dept. of Agronomy, Louisiana State
Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803-2110
151 1.................. 6 5 43 4 14
152 2.................. 22 14 76 7 30
153 3.................. 4 6 46 2 14
154 4.................. 20 6 64 6 24
155 ROWDEN............. 96 90 99 70 89
17 Fred Bourland, Dept. of Agronomy, University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, AR 72701
156 FB-1............... 0 5 100 16 30
157 FB-2............... 9 0 100 9 30
158 FB-3.............. 2 10 100 42 38
159 FB-4............... 5 9 77 51 36
160 AUBURN 56.......... 9 0 75 33 29
161 FB-5 .............. 17 5 81 72 44
162 FB-6............... 12 3 9 30 14
163 FB-7............... 22 14 50 45 33
164 FB-8 ............... 29 11 85 31 39
165 ROWDEN............. 100 78 98 96 93
18 Steve Stringer, Cotton Branch Station, P. O. Box 789,
Marianna, AR 72360
166 CBS-1.............. 7 16 78 54 39
167 CBS-22............ 61 5 56 30 38
168 CBS-3.............. 2 5 39 41 22
169 CBS-4.............. 44 5 77 91 54
170 AUBURN 56.......... 24 2 72 53 38
171 CBS-5.............. 30 11 67 17 31
172 CBS-6.............. 67 7 62 82 54
173 CBS-7.............. 44 4 53 86 47
174 CBS-8.............. 54 8 84 81 57
175 ROWDEN............. 92 73 57 96 80
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1991 FUSARIUM WILT TEST
PLANT BREEDING UNIT, TALLASSEE, ALABAMA
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 3 4 Mean
19 W. C. Johnson, Dept. of Agronomy and Soils, Auburn
University, Auburn University, AL 36849
176 COKER 315.......... 100 45 66 65 69
177 STONEVILLE 453..... 32 92 66 97 72
178 DES 119............ 14 41 84 79 55
179 CHEMBRED 219....... 23 33 39 99 48
180 AUBURN 56.......... 15 2 11 90 30
181 STONEVILLE 907..... 47 26 31 100 51
182 HS 46.............. 60 28 41 100 57
183 TERRA C 40......... 17 11 48 91 42
184 PD 3............... 64 43 77 63 62
185 ROWDEN............. 100 69 90 100 90
186 DELTAPINE 50........ 63 17 84 85 62
187 GEORGIA KING....... 67 43 88 58 64
188 SS 35.............. 44 12 88 44 47
189 SUREGROW 1001...... 40 40 90 40 52
190 AUBURN 56........... 10 0 55 56 30
191 STONEVILLE LA 887.. 20 8 73 36 34
192 DELTAPINE 90....... 18 9 89 88 51
193 COKER 320.......... 12 7 88 63 42
194 KC 311............. 46 17 98 73 58
195 ROWDEN............. 75 77 98 99 87
196 DELTAPINE 5415..... 47 17 84 57 51
197 SS 533............. 58 49 99 81 72
198 TERRA 207.......... 21 6 14 18 15
199 HS 23.............. 14 4 57 35 28
200 AUBURN 56.......... 9 9 52 23 23
201 DELTAPINE 5690..... 10 13 76 47 36
202 CHEMBRED 1135...... 14 26 46 38 31
203 COKER 130.......... 9 4 35 41 22
204 DELTAPINE 20....... 8 23 62 21 28
205 ROWDEN............. 68 97 100 82 87
206 DELTAPINE 51....... 22 11 78 76 47
207 CHEMBRED 407....... 40 13 40 94 47
208 TROPICAL 225....... 22 10 71 76 45
209 CB 333............. 34 22 100 82 60
210 AUBURN 56.......... 5 7 61 14 22
211 STONEVILLE 324..... 17 56 100 97 68
212 PAYMASTER HS 26.... 0 1 16 5 6
213 TIFCOT 56.......... 19 40 99 84 60
214 STONEVILLE 825..... 24 97 94 99 78
215 ROWDEN............. 79 94 94 99 92
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1991 FUSARIUM WILT TEST
PLANT BREEDING UNIT, TALLASSEE, 
ALABAMA
Test entry 
Percent wilt by replication
designation 
1 2 3 4 
Mean
20 Freddy Miller, Terra International, 
P. O. Box 171376,
Memphis, TN 38187-1376
216 90-292-91E......... 9 
36 10 2 14
217 90-365-91E......... 30 45 
40 5 30
21 Dunn Delinting, Rt. 4, Box 
431, Seminole, TX 79360
218 D 4000............... 31 
23 9 6 17
219 D 1697.............. 62 64 
18 4 37
220 AUBURN 56........... 7 
8 8 1 6
221 D 18500.............. 35 
70 34 58 49
222 D 2461.............. 29 
62 59 47 49
223 D 2472.............. 67 32 
48 21 42
224 DHS-120............. 85 82 21 
7 49
225 ROWDEN............. 100 100 93 
70 91
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