K::.: I Agronomy and Soils Departmental Series No. 119 Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station Lowell T. Frobish, Director Auburn University Auburn University, Alabama in cooperation with Crop Science Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Mississippi State, Mississippi :.. .."." -~- IY -m~I~-C~ ~I ~ ~ I I~s~-ru -~- -or~-~-~-J ss-~~ru~~PS~;I%; j~il~f;~;lEi~;1; ~L~YK3E~;I;rlf; ,,~ u~Jr~~r .r; ~ .~ r ~r~ -----ll----r--~------I---l-lr-l--------- --I--------I---- ---- ~\~~~1~~12 ~~~~ ~\~~~~ ~~~ ~~I~~~~~ I ~ , ~C~c~ ~ :. :'~;~-: ' ~ (. ~:I, , ~ ~ -.. ~ , ~I ~ ~ ~ - r r- r- ~ rrr r ~ ~ r I r, r ~ ~ ~ ~ J5~11; r .... ... ...~:~:0 I boo a 00660 :0:9 " """ " """ : 1987 REGIONAL COTTON FUSARIUM WILT REPORT 1 W. C. Johnson 2 Cotton cultivars and elite breeding lines submitted by 22 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 (McNair 235) cultivars were included as checks. Rowden was planted in row 5 and every tenth row thereafter (15, 25,..., 235) and McNair 235 in row 10 and every tenth row thereafter (20, 30,..., 240) throughout the test. Plots were planted May 12. Missing plots were replanted on June 9. Initial plant counts were made on June 24. Wilted plants were also counted and removed on that date. Later, wilted plants were counted and removed on July 15, July 31, and August 14. The remaining live plants were also counted and recorded on August 14. 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. -3- Percent wilted plants per plot was then determined and mean wilting for a given entry calculated. Even with replanting certain plots, poor stands were obtained more frequently than usual. This was especially evident for Rowden. The fusarium wilting percentages for these plots 3 were estimated by the method outlined by Kappelman 3 The incidence of wilt was the highest ever recorded within the experimental area and was not excessively variable, appearing to be more or less randomly distributed. Average wilting of the susceptible Rowden was 87.8, 92.4, 90.6, and 92.2 percent for each of the four replications. The mean incidence of wilting in the resistant check, McNair 235, was 46.7, 49.9, 54.2, and 60.7 percent in the corresponding replications. The long term average for McNair is 12.7 percent wilting. 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. Kappelman, A. J., 1976. Estimating fusarium wilt reaction of cotton genotypes. Crop Sci. 16: 734-736. -4- 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. -5- 1987 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, MSU, DES, P.O. Box 197, Stoneville, MS 38776 RRB-1 ..................... 18 52 83 84 59 RRB-2 ...................... 8 56 82 64 52 RRB-3 ......................... 8 94 100 94 96 RRB-4 ......................... 43 84 95 98 80 Rowden ......................... 96 100 98 100 98 RRB-5 ......................... 52 81 82 85 75 RRB-6 ......................... 21 54 86 94 64 RRB-7 ...................... 30 62 60 63 54 RRB-8 ..................... 28 75 76 44 56 McNair 235 ........... .. 17 66 61 81 56 Richard Sheetz, Cargill Seed Div., Box 1630, Plainview, TX 79072 1 ...................... 50 52 56 96 64 2 ...................... 23 29 57 72 45 3 ......................... 74 82 94 91 85 4 ......................... 56 87 58 69 68 Rowden ......... 93 100 100 92 96 5 ...................... 85 90 80 45 75 6 ......................... 24 69 68 18 45 7 ...................... 36 51 62 55 51 8 ...... ... 82 63 96 78 80 McNair 235 ............ ...... 44 48 35 63 48 Lynn McDonald, Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Co., P.O. Box 167 Stoneville, MS 38776 1 ........................ 99 86 87 95 92 2 ........................ 95 100 98 99 98 3 ...................... 71 87 71 90 80 4 ......................... 83 78 19 91 68 Rowden ......................... 80 100 91 96 92 5 ......................... 84 89 13 100 72 6 . ........................ 65 90 34 90 70 7 ........ ...... 82 95 15 99 73 8 .................... 70 66 4 72 53 McNair 235 .................... 51 52 13 57 43 -6- 1987 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test, Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama Test entry Pecn itb elcto Mean des ignati on 1 2 3 4 Keith Jones, Delta & Pine Land Co., P.O. Box 157, Scott, MS 38772 1........ .. .. 71 51 21 74 54 2 . .eeOOegO@ 39 44 8 8 35 3 .... ** .. . . . 45 33 6 53 34 4...... 84 59 23 45 53 Rowden ........ 95 97 97 99 97 5.. . . . . .. . 63 80 30 74 62 6 *eeo @ @~...e 48 59 17 70 48 7 .... ....... 17 46 66 79 52 8 .ee.e... e 74 87 76 89 82 M ai 3*0**&0G 9 4*29 55 71 91 62 Mason Hawkins, Ranger Seed Co., Box 1288, Tahoka, TX 79373 RSC-1.........so*..5 40 46 37 43 RSC-*2 o..o .. ow *.o.a.0 ... 0... 80 63 84 54 70 RSCo.3 ........ **. 84 83 75 63 76 RSC-4 ...... ,*.. 45 65 31 34 44 Rowden ........... 84 100 80 50 78 R SCfS . * o s 9. ..... w,9. is.9.o .73 72 94 80 80 RSC-6 o... ....&.. 95 100 99 71 91 RSC47.........*. 53 70 53 80 64 RSC48.........*. 68 74 52 74 67 McNair 2350*000000..0.0....0. 56 38 57 97 62 Laval M. Verhalen, Dept. Agronomy, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078 OKLA,1 *...*.***** 88 30 88 75 70 OKLA-2 ....... *.** 73 38 84 58 63 OKLA-3 .............. * ..*wo 11 10 23 14 14 OKL.A4 o..... o s* as. f.V.*0*0.s 32 15 35 25 27 Rowden ...................... 94 100 86 72 88 OKLAm5 ..... s...* . s, 32 33 43 10 30 OKA60"4********* 46 23 20 67 39 -7- 1987 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test, Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama Test entry Percent wilt by replication Mean designation 1 2 3 4 W. P. Sappenfield, P.O. Box 160, Portageville, MO 63873 MO-1 ...................... 58 11 39 32 35 MO-2 ................... 64 44 83 83 68 MO-3 ................... 68 21 61 37 47 M0-4 ................... 49 18 59 50 44 Rowden ...................... 97 78 98 77 88 MO-5 ................... 48 29 38 48 41 M0-6 ...................... 65 39 68 59 58 MO-7 ..................... 82 37 52 70 60 MO-8 ...................... 31 52 44 51 44 McNair 235................... 71 77 73 78 75 P. M. Thaxton, Dept. Plant Path., Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843-2132 PT-I ..................... 94 74 82 99 87 PT-2 ..................... 82 74 73 95 81 PT-3 ..................... 85 83 91 86 86 PT-4 .................. 35 74 75 96 70 Rowden ..................... 90 99 83 100 93 PT-5 .................... 61 57 60 86 66 PT-6 ........ ....... 69 73 74 89 76 PT-7 ................. 97 92 93 95 94 PT-8 ........ 99 96 89 76 90 McNair 235.................. 37 88 50 47 56 Kamal M. El-Zik, Dept. Plant Path., Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843-2132 KME-1 .................. 88 96 98 92 94 KME-2 .................. 16 82 68 42 52 KME-3 ................... 79 92 96 81 87 KME-4 ..................... 59 55 20 16 38 Rowden ..................... 97 97 85 88 92 KME-5 ..................... 79 69 73 35 64 KME-6 ..................... 62 79 54 16 53 KME-7 ..................... 77 30 39 70 54 KME-8 ..................... 90 71 89 57 77 McNair 235.................. 43 10 31 74 40 -8- 1987 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt rest, Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama - ~ LFl Test entry desi anati on Fred M. Bourl and, Dept. Agronomy, 39762 C....o 0 0 oe0 235 eo . .. . P.O. Box 5248, Mississippi State, MS 89 11 33 75 88 32 27 70 67 42 68 48 39 75 87 40 37 79 80 52 55 89 66 93 83 30 45 87 78 14 Henry W. Webb, Coker's Pedigreed Seed Co., Hartsville, SC o* 0 o oe&e* 0 &*0*0 e ce0ge c2c..ccceoeeec*@eebc0 28 67 29 62 90 52 76 54 76 60 Shelby H. Baker, Georgia Coastal Plain Tifton, GA 31793-0748 80 92 63 97 100 36 79 83 78 48 67 58 32 52 100 75 77 44 43 55 78 20 96 77 97 45 64 91 98 66 29505 63 81 35 66 90 48 87 60 48 92 Exp. Stations ,9P0O Box.748, 2 4 rercent wi it- DX.rep 11cation *e.e.e.cceeecceecceec .. e..ecc.e...c.ececee ee..ee.ee.eeeccecc.c. *ec.c*eeceecce.... ccce.Occe.eeccceecccb ecC.......ecCCc.e.c.e e..c.cecc.eec..ceCCOe **b e*bc~bC~Cb~ *cceeec cc.eeccececccceceocce 23S .ceeeecceceeccbbeb m'ean FB- 1 FB-2 FB-3 FB-4 Rowden FB-,5 FB-6 FB-7 FB-8 McNa ir 72 42 58 80 89 37 43 82 81 44 C11 C-2 C-3 C-4 Rowden C.C C-6 C"07 C-8 McNai r 60 74 40 69 95 53 80 60 61 64 Gar-1 GaT.p2 GaT-3 GaT-w4 Rowden Gar-5 GaT-6 GaT..7 GaT4. McNai r 34 30 77 86 71 87 67 50 35 45 38 84 81 62 93 82 89 77 75 44 41 54 62 63 88 80 98 82 85 75 87 53 77 100 100 56 55 73 45 48 50 55 74 78 88 76 77 71 53 -"9- 1987 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test, Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama Test entry Percent wilt by replication Mean designation 1 2 3 4 Joel F. Mahill, GroAgri Seed Co., P.O. Box 1656, Lubbock, TX 79408 1 ..................... 69 31 21 43 41 2 .................. 81 68 79 95 81 3 ..................... 54 45 41 85 56 4 ..................... 41 38 44 58 45 Rowden .................. 96 95 100 93 96 5 ..................... 92 85 99 100 94 6 ..................... 99 96 99 99 98 7 ..................... 15 17 11 31 18 8 . ... ..... 59 19 91 67 59 McNair 235................ 25 17 42 39 31 Lloyd McCall, Summit Seed Co., P.O. Box 10121, Lubbock, TX 79408 1 ..................... 71 78 69 9 57 2 ..................... 51 77 82 56 66 3 ..................... 77 79 78 43 69 4 ..... ............. 96 84 93 92 91 Rowden 91 86 92 93 90 5 . 90 70 57 77 73 6 .................. 83 74 61 95 78 7 ..................... 62 86 73 82 76 8 86 71 92 94 86 McNair 235............. 33 57 56 40 46 Gene Douglas, Hollandale Agr. Service, P.O. Box 397, Hollandale, MS 38748 1702 .................... 99 95 100 100 98 1703 .................... 96 99 99 98 98 1708 .................... 97 90 90 96 93 1704 .................... 73 83 84 86 82 Rowden .................... 65 92 88 100 85 1705 .................... 99 47 100 99 86 1707 .................... 97 100 100 100 99 1701 .......... 98 98 86 92 94 1706 99 100 97 94 98 McNair 235................. 39 40 52 74 51 -10- 1987 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test, Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama Test entry Percent wilIt by. replication Mean designation 1 2 3 47 Jack E. Jones, Dept. Agronomy, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA .708034,110 001 ............. 16 17 32 73 34 110-3........... 41 19 31 24 29 00-4 ..... .... . 14 11 14 12 13 Rowden ......... .. 93 92 97 98 95 00-5 ****,***** . 14 7 14 12 12 00-ml6 70 50 46 44 52 Jo- *.........7. 34 46 42 21 36 008 .......... * 82 82 93 74 83 McNair 235006*** 21 45 21 37 31 Cynthia C. Green, Cotton Production Research Unit, P.O. Box 2131, Florence, SC 29503 58 36 72 45 53 PD55#eoo***o*~o67 14 69 56 52 PD58*~*o*oo**~*74 46 72 93 71 PD58o*o**oooooo61 78 40 75 64 Rowden ........ ... 60 89 60 100 77 Pw55#***&******28 29 31 34 30 PD56#oo~~~~~oe*33 36 50 76 49 PD58*~oooso#*~o66 66 62 79 68 PD56****#***o~960 74 61 77 68 McNair 235..................0 44 53 94 20 53 PD57*#g*ooooog*w72 67 76 85 75 P 46389**9*0#**974 42 57 52 56 Rex Dunn, Dunn Seed Co., Rt. 4 Box 437, Seminole, TX 79360 1 ..... . . . . . 71 73 66 53 66 2 .......... 59 64 85 62 68 Rowden ... ..... ... 92 92 96 100 95 3 ...... .... 44 97 41 50 46 4 *1 a A n Ai; 91;. 9 6 45 5 14 -11-0 1987 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test, Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama Test entry Percent wilt by replication Mean designation 1 2 3 4 James Olvey, Penwalt Corp., 4201 Broadway, Phoenix, AZ 81040 1 ............... 99 98 94 99 98 McNair 235.................. 55 56 81 57 62 2 ..................... 65 58 95 42 65 3 ..................... 88 90 92 81 88 4 .................. 95 83 73 74 81 5 ..................... 95 93 90 99 94 Rowden .................... 97 76 100 89 90 6 ..................... 75 74 89 92 81 7 ..................... 89 85 94 47 79 8 ..................... 57 84 83 70 74 Kara A. Pearce, Campbell, West & Associates, P.O. Box 9656, Bakersfield, CA 93389 GC OI601H..................... 96 69 65 62 73 GC-603H.................... 87 82 86 81 84 McNair 235.................. 53 64 73 92 70 R. L. Shepherd, P.O. Box 5367, Mississippi State, MS 39762 81-29 ..................... 19 47 19 26 28 83-19 ..................... 42 35 40 23 35 83-500 ..................... 56 44 35 30 41 83-277 ..................... 28 22 21 17 22 Rowden ..................... 94 75 93 100 90 Auburn 634................ 11 9 15 13 12 83-725 ..................... 50 59 23 33 41 81-92 ..................... 53 41 45 49 47 83-315 ..................... 11 13 12 34 18 McNair 235.................. 47 46 74 60 57 -12- 1987 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test, Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama Test entry Percent wilt by replcation mean designation12 NNWWNOM34 W9 C. Johnson, Dept. Agronomy and Soils, Auburn University, AL 36849 Coker 315..................0 88 66 83 60 74 McNair 235.................* 74 49 60 65 62 Coker 139................... 88 26 55 73 60 Delcot 311.................0 59 16 15 31 30 Tifcot 56................... 73 54 60 59 62 Coker 208................... 71 66 91 74 76 Rowden........... 99 82 96 88 91 Coker 118-6903.............0 94 34 81 59 67 Delcot 344.................. 57 63 49 25 48 Stoneville 825..............* 98 98 98 94 97 Deltapine 20................ 83 36 91 70 70 McNair 235.................. 70 45 54 45 54 Deltapine 50................ 49 49 75 35 52 Coker 130-,6905.............. 72 73 71 50 66 GAT 8125...0.... 0. 85 59 82 44 68 Deltapine 41................0 69 12 100 53 58 Rowden .......... 97 96 90 94 94 Arkot 58......... 91 29 90 66 69 Coker 81-,6130000*0.......... 94 40 88 38 65 Stoneville 506009000#00000*0 93 25 79 40 59 KC 380........... 75 79 97 33 71 McNair 235.,........ 33 50 72 29 46 Terra C3......... 95 85 98 29 77 Stoneville 1120*............ 81 64 58 87 72 Delcot 390..................0 59 61 38 85 61 DES 42200.0.0*..0...0...0.... 83 59 55 89 72 Rowden........... 69 100 100 98 92 DES 19.......... 81 45 73 42 60 Stoneville 453.............. 87 76 91 75 82 SV 93 ........... 46 76 15 73 52 Dunn 1002*0***9*000&*00*&**0 72 76 75 82 76 McNair25......... 58 61 34 52 51 PD 3 ........... 57 46 33 36 43 Sisco 77200000090*90000.*... 28 81 46 13 42 McNair 220.................. 21 26 67 52 42 Terra C-4000*09*00*00....... 68 43 72 69 63 Rowden........... 81 91 74 100 86 S;V 13-1 .-------------------- 71 27 100 )86; 71 -*13-m