A
November, 1985
* Agronomy and 
Soils Departmental Series 
No. 104
Alabama Agricultural Experiment 
Station
David H. Teem, Acting Director
Auburn University
Auburn University, Alabama
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1985 REGIONAL COTTON FUSARIUM WILT REPOR
1985 REGIONAL FU.SARIUM REPORT"
W. C. Johnson and Darrell Williams
2
Cotton cultivars and elite breeding lines submitted by 19 cooperators
were evaluated for fusarium wilt resistance under field conditions 
at the
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama. These entries were grown on 
a
Cahaba 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
(McNair 235) cultivars were included as checks. Rowden was planted in 
row
5 and every tenth row thereafter (15, 25,..., 205) 
and McNair 235 in row 10
and every tenth row thereafter (20, 30, ... , 200) throughout the 
test.
Plots were planted May 1 and thinned to three or four plants 
per foot on
June 18. Initial live plant counts were also made on that date. 
Wilted
plants were counted, removed, and recorded on July 16, August 15, and
September 18. The remaining live plants were also counted and recorded 
on
September 18.
1 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.
2 Professor of Agronomy and Soils and former Research Associate 
of
Agronomy and Soils (currently Sumter County, Florida Extension 
Supervisor),
respectively.
Percent wilted plants per plot were then determined and mean wilting for a
given entry aalculated.
The incidence of wilt was high within the experimental area and was
not excessively variable, appearing to be more or less randomly
distributed. Average wilting of the susceptible Rowden was 65.8, 68.6,
81.4, and 60.8 percent for each of the four replications. The mean
incidence of wilting in the resistant check, McNair 235, was 2.9, 5.8,
10.9, and 3.7 percent in the corresponding replications. Critical
evaluation of a given entry should be made relative to the checks closest
to the entry within each replication. Evaluation of breeding progress 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. Thus, these entries 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 authors express appreciation to A.J. Kappelman, Jr., retired, for
advice and technical assistance in conducting the test and preparing this
report.
1985 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test,
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication Mean
designation 1 2 3 4
Robert R. Bridge, DBES, P.O. Box 197, Stoneville, MS, 38776
RRB-1 .................... 3.1 1.0 3.2 19.4 6.7
RRB-2 ..................... 5.0 1.0 0 33.8 10.0
RRB-3 ..................... 7.4 0 0 11.4 4.7
RRB-4 ..................... 8 5.6 0 57.1 15.9
Rowden .................... 35.5 100.0 13.3 88.5 59.3
RRB-5 ..................... 0 6.8 1.6 2.5 2.7
RRB-6 .................... 2.0 15.8 0 0 4.4
RRB-7 ..................... 0.8 0 0 14.4 3.8
RRB-8 ................. 2.6 5.2 0 50.0 14.4
McNair 235 ................. 8.7 5.4 4.6 10.5 7.3
Kamal M. EI-Zik, Dept. of Plant Sciences,Texas A&M, College Station, TX 77843
KE-1 ................... 1.6 19.7 2.2 14.9 9.6
KE-2 ..................... 10.0 45.6 3.0 9.1 16.9
KE-3 ..................... 6.1 21.1 1.3 14.0 10.6
KE-4 ..................... 5.6 4.8 16.3 9.2 9.0
Rowden ......... 72.4 30.2 48.8 82.5 58.5
KE-5 ............. ....... 6.5 7.6 9.2 52.8 19.0
KE-6 ..................... 7.0 27.1 1.5 25.5 15.3
KE-7 .................... 20.3 3.1 7.6 0 7.8
KE-8 . ...... ....... 15.7 14.1 7.1 50.8 21.9
McNair 235 .............. 8.8 5.9 7.5 1.9 6.0
Luther S. Bird, Dept. of Plant Sciences, Texas A&M, College Station, TX 77843
LB-1 .................. 31.2 24.7 53.7 34.7 36.1
LB-2 ...... ............. 36.7 40.3 33.8 62.0 43.2
LB-3 ..................... 66.7 71.8 21.2 67.8 56.9
LB-4 .................... 60.0 44.0 19.4 67.9 47.8
Rowden .................... 94.7 60.2 50.6 89.4 73.7
LB-5 .................... 30.2 8.0 39.4 98.7 44.1
LB-6 .................... 0 7.4 58.0 40.3 26.4
LB-7 .................... 1.1 0 28.9 2.6 8.2
LB-8 ............. 7.9 1.4 26.8 14.5 12.6
McNair 235 ............... 0 1.2 11.5 6.3 4.8
Continued
1985 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test,
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication Mean
designation 1 2 3 4
Mason Hawkins, Ranger Seed Co., Box 1288, Tahoka, TX 79373
RSC-1 .................... 5.3 3.2 6.1 16.3 7.7
RSC-2 .......... 5.5 0 34.1 24.7 16.1
RSC-3 ................... 9.4 0 0 6.7 4.0
RSC-4 .................... 9.3 4.8 11.8 13.9 10.0
Rowden ....*.......*....... 48.2 96.4 72.3 93.0 77.5
RSC-5 ................. 8.7 3.8 8.3 17.8 9.6
RSC-6 ................. 8.8 19.0 23.6 34.4 21.4
RSC-7 ......... 0 2.5 23.6 4.7 7.7
RSC-8 ................... 12.1 1.5 35.6 1.1 12.6
McNair 235 ............... 2.1 3.6 5.2 4.7 3.9
Fred Bourland, Dept. of Agronomy, P.O. Box 5248, Mississippi State, MS 39762
FMB-1 .. ............... 3.5 15.5 12.2 2.9 8.5
FMB-2 .3.................. 3.8 0 14.3 18.4 9.1
FMB-3 ..................... 16.9 1.1 50.0 8.0 19.0
FMB-4 .................... 1.0 0 5.2 1.9 2.0
Rowden .................... 100.0 16.2 100.0 91.0 76.8
FMB-5 ..................... 7.5 2.7 69.7 6.2 21.5
FMB-6 .................... 0 0 50.4 4.5 13.7
FMB-7 .... 4....2 0 71.7 0 19.0
FMB-8 .................... 1.8 3.2 4.9 4.5 3.6
McNair 235 ................ 0 2.2 7.6 0 2.4
John Green, Northrup King Seed Co., P.O. Drawer 272, Leland, MS 38756
JMG-1 .................... 0 0 4.4 3.2 1.9
JMG-2 .................... 4.9 0 12.4 7.7 6.2
JMG-3 .................... 18.4 26.6 38.6 1.0 21.2
JMG-4 .................... 1.1 1.2 0 2.1 1.1
Rowden ................. 74.8 88.2 70.8 23.3 64.3
JMG-5 .................. 2.0 15.1 24.4 2.2 10.9
JMG-6 .................... 9.5 69.0 65.2 26.5 42.6
JMG-7 .................... 0 0.8 76.3 0 19.3
JMG-8 ................... 0 16.7 27.8 1.0 11.4
McNair 235 ................ 0.9 2.9 26.6 0 7.6
Continued
1985 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test,
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication Mean
designation 1 2 3 4
Henry W. Webb, Coker's Pedigreed Seed Co., P.O. Box 340, Hartsville, SC 29550
CO-1 ........... ....... 6.7 8.4 21.8 0 9.2
C0-2 ..................... 3.0 1.9 34.4 0.9 10.0
CO-3 ................... 1.8 0 6.5 5.2 3.4
CO-4 ........ .......... . 1.2 0.9 22.3 11.7 9.0
Rowden ........ ....... 92.9 66.7 100.0 50.0 77.4
CO-5 . .................... 5.8 1.8 9.8 2.2 4.9
CO-6 .................. 6.6 15.4 16.9 3.4 10.6
CO-7 .................. 3.0 24.0 48.8 4.1 20.0
CO-8 0....... .... . O 40.4 9.8 9.1 14.8
McNair 235 ................. 41 73 207 0 8.0
C.W. Manning, Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Co., P.O. Box 167, Stoneville, MS 38776
ST-i ..................... 4.2 34.1 15.8 35.1 22.3
ST-2 ..................... 1.0 0 20.5 0 5.4
ST-3 ..................... 11.6 33.7 5.1 1.1 12.9
ST-4 ..................... 39.2 1.1 18.4 0 14.7
Rowden ..................... 89.2 98.9 87.4 27.5 75.8
ST-5 ..................... 18.9 32.4 15.1 9.8 19.0
ST-6 ..................... 1.9 1.8 9.2 0 3.2
ST-7 ........ ............ 2.0 44.4 14.3 0 15.2
ST-8 ...... ...... 6.9 1.1 15.6 1.3 6.2
McNair 235 ................. 0 6.1 9.0 0.9 4.0
Larry Barton, Rogers Cottonseed Co., P.O. Drawer 1340, Waco, TX 76703
LLB-1 ..................... 12.6 10.5 58.5 18.4 25.0
LLB-2 0..................... 5.1 31.1 0 9.0
LLB-3 ..................... 1.7 6.5 62.0 4.3 18.6
LLB-4 ..................... 14.0 0.7 79.1 37.8 32.9
Rowden .................. 19.1 67.9 98.3 45.3 57.6
LLB-5 .................. 21.8 32.1 42.6 18.6 28.8
LLB-6 ..................... 40.2 18.0 59.4 29.5 36.8
LLB-7 ..................... 21.6 60.0 63.9 17.6 40.8
LLB-8 .................. 3.4 33.3 69.9 2.2 27.2
McNair 235 .............. 1.1 12.9 3.4 3.4 5.2
Continued
1985 Regicnal Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test,
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry Percent -wilt by repl-ication Mean
designation1 2 3 4
Keith R. Jones, Delta & Pine Land Co,, P.O. Box 157, Scott, MS 38772
DPL-1 0 0 0 0 0
DPL-2 ... . ... * 0 2.8 0 6.8 2.4
DPL,3 *....e .*e ..e . 3.v3 1.8 8.8 8.e4 56
DPL4............7.o8 3.s4 14.8 1.9 7.0O
Rowden................*0 44.4 82.1 96.1l 80.9 75.9
DPL-5 *. .. . . .5.3 2.7 4.9 1.8 3.7
DPL-6..... . 30.9 4394 5.0 0 19.8
DPL-7 . . .2.1 1.8 18.2 4.6 6.o7
DPL-m8 . . . . 0 2.1 34.0 13.2 12.3
McNair 235..................2.4 3.5 2.4 0.9 2.3
Gene Douglas, Res. Div., Hollandale Agr. Ser., P.O. Box 397, Hollandale, MS 38748
HAS 1501 ............... *0 43.5 94.0 67.5 3.6 52.2
HAS 1502 .................. 3.5 10.6 4.o3 0 4.6
HAS 1503 400*0000004*000000 1.0 11.5 4.4 0 4.2
H AS 1504 .................. 00.9 14.0 4*.7 0 1*.6
Rowden ......... 88.5 100.0 91.2 7.6 71.8
HAS 1505 .................. 0.8 0 -0 0 0.2
HAS 1506 0*00000*000*900000 2.0 0 5.s6 1.1 2.2
HAS 1507 .................. 92.2 54.8 76.7 41.2 66.2
HAS 1508 .................. 89.2 66.7 82.o7 7.8 61.s6
McNair 235......... 3.7 5,81 2.5 2.0 3.3
Jerry D. Carroll, Terra Seed Co., P.O. Box 10121, Lubbock, TX 79408
JDC-1 9*0000 000 2.7 8.8 14.3 0 6.4
JDC-2 1.1 6.3 52.3 4.1l 16.0
JDC-3 .. . . . .2.2 21*1 25.2 4.0 13.1
JDC-4 00a0a0 -- 3.4 0 34.4 0 9.4
Rowden...........26.0 44.1 96.3 69.5 59.0
JDC-5 0 5o8 21.2 0 6.8
JDC-6 I'1.1 1.1 0 0 0.6
JDC-7.....................6,o6 0 51.7 1.0 14.o8
JDC18 . . . . . ......... 0 0.9 18.8 0 4.9
McI~-Nair 25 in n... 88 31%0 3.
Continued
1985 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test,
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication Mean
designation 1 2 3 4
J.B. Weaver, Dept. of Agronomy, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
JBW-1 .................... 0 0.9 9.5 0 2.6
JBW-2 ............... . 18.0 14.4 19.1 6.1 14.4
3BW3 .................... 1.0 14.0 10.8 0.8 6.6
JBW-4 ......... 0.9 0 0 6.2 1.8
Rowden .................... 27.3 16.9 67.1 10.7 30.5
JBW-5 .................... 0 0 5.7 0 1.4
JBW-6 .................... 16.5 0 29.5 6.5 13.1
JBW-7 .................. 1.0 6.6 40.0 5.1 13.2
JBW-8 .................... 0.9 6.8 33.1 4.0 11.2
McNair 235 ................ 0 4.3 31.8 0 9.0
T.W. Culp, USDA, Cotton Production Research Unit, P.O. Box 2131, Florence, SC 29503
TWC-1
TWC-2
TWC-3
TWC-4
Rowden
TWC-5
TWC-6
TWC-7
TWC-8
McNair
1.8
84.6
57.4
66.2
100.0
48.0
71.4
45.5
3.1
8.5
20.0
85.7
33.9
83.3
89.5
90.0
32.1
43.3
24.0
0
15.3
89.3
43.6
63.2
97.8
76.0
87.8
23.0
12.5
0
5.7
63.4
25.0
32.8
70.4
41.9
11.8
49.3
12.5
6.1
10.7
80.8
40.0
61.4
89.4
64.0
50.8
40.3
13.0
3.6
Joel F. Mahill, GroAgri Seed Co., P.O. Box 1656, Lubbock, TX 79408
GSC 1004 .................. 5.9 19.3 25.0 53.3 25.9
GSC 1005 ................. 4.5 11.6 3.6 5.4 6.3
GSC 1006 ................... 3.4 13.6 10.5 51.9 19.9
Stoneville 453 ............ 15.0 15.9 1.6 55.0 21.9
Rowden .................... 83.9 54.1 80.4 96.4 78.7
Continued
1BWIS OrBW-6 ........IBW17 ~IBW18 rIcNair 235 ..,.
1985 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test,
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication Mean
designation 1 2 3 4
Laval M. Verhalen, Dept. of Agronomy, Oklahoma St. Univ., Stillwater, OK 74078
OKLA-1 ..... 0.8 15.4 0.9 4.3
OKLA-2 ............... 1.9 0.8 13.6 0 
4.1
OKLA-3 ............... 0 7.6 88.1 17.1 
28.2
OKLA-4 ............... 3.5 1.1 36.7 2.3 10.9
Rowden ............... 56.4 83.2 100.0 84.4 81.0
OKLA-5 ............... 4.9 4.1 18.3 0 6.8
OKLA-6 ............... 0 0.9 13.9 1.1 1.5
OKLA-7 ............... 0 1.1 11.7 4.5 4.3
OKLA-8 ............... 0 1.2 14.8 9.0 6.2
McNair 235 ........... 1.2 16.7 13.9 8.0
Jerry Rice, Cargill Seed Division, P.O. Box 1630, Plainview, TX 79072
JR-1 ............... 0.8 1.2 25.0 2.1 
7.3
JR-2 ............... 1.0 1.6 38.9 0 
10.4
JR-3 ............... 12.2 7.1 96.7 60.2 44.0
JR-4 ............... 6.8 6.0 93.5 8.9 
28.8
Rowden ............... 55.4 86.1 100.0 
20.0 65.4
JR-5 ............... 15.7 7.9 4.0 0 
6.9
JR-6 ............... 3.4 4.8 0 3.2.0
JR-7 .............. 2.3 2.2 11.2 1.8 4.4
JR-8 ............. 1.0 13.5 1.8 4.1
McNair 235 ........... 1.1 3.2 14.7 1.0 5.0
Shelby H. Baker, Dept. of Agronomy, Univ. of Georgia, CPES, P.O. Box 748, Tifton,
GA 31793-0740
GaT-1 ............... 11.8 5.2 83.7 1.7 25.6
GaT-2 ............... 13.8 19.7 46.6 7.3 21.8
GaT-3 ............... 0 0 10.5 12.1 5.6
GaT-4 ............... 0 1.9 68.6 28.3 24.7
Rowden ............... 41.9 90.5 100.0 50.9 70.8
Gat-5 ............... 1.6 2.4 65.2 7.5 
19.2
GaT-6 ............... 2.3 0 28.1 1.9 8.1
GaT-7 ............... 1.0 1.6 65.6 2.8 17.8
GaT-8 ............... 1.2 1.0 36.9 0 9.8
McNair 235 ........... 2.8 1.2 12.1 10.2 6.6
continued
1985 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test,
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication Mean
designation 1 2 3 4
W.C. Johnson, Dept. of Agronomy & Soils, Auburn University, AL 36849
Coker 81-102 .......... 2.1 1.2 43.5 0 11.7
Deltapine 90 .......... 1.1 0 0.8 0.5
Coker 81-139 .... 1.4 14.6 8.6 0.8 6.4
KNX 2019 .............. 3.1 0 36.5 3.6 10.8
Rowden ............. 73.3 8.3 63.1 56.0 50.2
Deltapine 61 .......... 38.4 21.9 28.3 92.8 45.4
Coker 310 ............. 6.8 2.2 10.9 23.7 10.9
Deltapine 41 ....... 1.0 0 12.1 10.3 5.8
Stoneville 213 ........ 29.1 1.1 85.4 44.6 40.0
McNair 235 ............ 0 3.8 18.5 2.7 6.2
Coker 3131 ............ 4.8 8.1 7.0 70.0 22.5
Deltapine 50 .......... 4.2 0 21.1 1.7 6.8
Stoneville 825 ........ 81.1 72.6 88.8 100.0 85.6
PD-1 .................. 29.1 25.0 19.8 64.5 34.6
Rowden ................ 99.0 64.2 76.9 100.0 85.0
DES 422 ...... 9.8 0.9 9.1 5.0
Coker 304 ............. 13.6 32.1 17.1 7.4 17.6
Deltapine 20 .......... 0 3.3 4.1 0.9 2.1
Stoneville 112 ........ 0 8.3 21.6 1.1 7.8
McNair 235 ............ 3.9 26.3 7.4 8.4 11.5
Coker 315 ............. 20,7 12.5 8.7 53.7 23.9
McNair 308 ............ 2.2 13.4 88.3 4.4 27.1
Stoneville 506 ........ 2.2 1.0 17.9 12.4 8.4
PD-2 .................. 21.4 67.5 19.2 3.4 27.9
Rowden ................ 59.3 97.1 100.0 40.1 74.1
Coker 208 ............. 24.5 52.1 73.0 18.5 42.0
McNair 220 ............ 11.5 16.7 24.0 0 13.0
Delcot 311 ............ 1.9 1.2 9.6 0 3.2
Gumbo ................. 8.1 5.3 5.4 0 4.7
McNair 235 ............ 1.2 20.6 12.4 1.0 8.8