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~Januar 1989'

1988 REGIONAL CION FUSARIUM WILT REPORT1
W.C. Jchnson
2
Cotton cultivars and elite breeding lines submitted by 26 cooperators
were evaluated for fusairum 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 (Rwden) ad resistant (McNair
235) cultivars were included as checks. Rowden was planted in row 5 and every
tenth row thereafter (15, 25,... ,285) and McNair 235 in row 10 and every tenth
row thereafter (20, 30,..., 280) throughout the test. Plots were planted May
16 and 17. Initial plant counts were made on June 7. Wilted plants were also
counted and removed on that date. Later, wilted plants were counted and
removed on July 22, August 10 , August 24, and September 7. The remaining
live plants were also counted and recorded on September 7. Percent wilted
plants were then determined and mean wilting for a given entry calculated.
For the first time in recent years, the number of entries was more than
could be adequately evaluated in one field. Therefore, the test was divided
with 16 entries planted' in another field. Mean wilting percentages of the
Ihis 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.
susceptible check, Rowde, in the two fields 
were 72.2 percent and 72.6
percent, irdicating a comparable level of wilt 
pressure.
Average wilting of the susceptible Rowden in the main test area was 
81.8,
75.3, 66.4, and 65.7 percent for the four replications; in the 
supplementary
area, percentages were 76.7, 92.7, 68.7, and 52.7. Corresponding 
wilt
percentages for the resistant check, McNair 235, 
were 25.0, 16.5, 7.7, and 6.7
(13.9 percent average) and 24.5, 15.5, 17.0, and 4.5 (15.4 
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 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 ccumonly 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.
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ACKNOWIEDGMENT
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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1988 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test,
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt 
by replication
designation 
1 2 3 4 Mean
C. C. Green, CPRU, P.O. Box 2131, Florence, SC 29501
001 PD 5227....................... 46 15 21 44 32
002 PD 5256...................... . 50 4 1 23 22
003 PD 5286............... ....... 55 44 7 39 34
004 PD 5358......................* 47 3 5 19 19
005 ROWDEN........................ 96 72 77 80 81
006 PD 5363... ................... 26 18 5 5 14
007 PD 5485... .................... 35 5 0 6 12
008 PD 5563*...................... 88 8 3 7 27
009 PD 4623-9....................... 18 1 10 3 8
010 McNAIR 2350................... 90 2 3 2 24
David Kattes, Von Roeder Seed Farm, Inc., Rt. 1, Box 80, Snyder,
TX 79549
011 VR 123..0................ 72 8 6 48 33
012 VR 8600..................... 73 46 14 45 45
013 VR 1130000..................... 25 14 4 22 16
014 VR 130........................ 48 8 3 19 20
015 ROWDEN......... ......... 95 43 46 94 70
016 VR 33......................... 68 46 22 31 42
017 VR 75......................... 61 40 8 26 34
018 VR 1072........................ 50 35 6 64 39
019 VR 6520 ........................ 42 46 24 28 35
020 McNAIR 23535................... 35 19 6 6 17
Lynn McDonald, Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Co., P.O. Box 167,
Stoneville, MS 38776
021 1................ ....... 96 76 50 64 72
022 2 ......................... 97 46 12 14 42
023 3 82 10 37 54 46
024 4............ .......... 49 11 0 3 16
025 ROWDEN...................... 86 97 20 40 61
026 5.............................. 60 28 0 2 23
027 6...................... 92 98 10 12 53
028 7..............................100 94 20 6 55
029 8 69 99 5 28 50
030 McNAIR 23. 36 10 1 6 13
1988 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test,
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 
1 2 3 4 Mean
Keith R. Jones, Delta and Pine Land Co., P.O. Box 157,
Scott, MS 38772
031 (1)...................000000 
5 7 0 7 5
032 (2) ........................
23 5 3 19 13
033 (3)......................... 
15 1 4 31 13
034 (4)........................... 
15 4 25 8 13
035 ROWDEN.........................74 54 71 43 61
036 (5). ... a..................... 
9 0 11 3 
6
037 (6)................. .......
66 57 6 0 32
038 (7)........................... 
.82 4 4 0 23
039 (8)......................... 
79 12 2 3 24
040 McNAIR 235................... 32 0 29 4 16
John M. Green, 101 Sycamore Street, Leland, MS 38756
041 JG-1............................ 16 2 30 3 13
042 JG-2.0........................... 4 5 16 7 8
043 JG-3..&...........................5 4 10 2 5
044 JG-4..*.................5 0 7 6 5
045 ROWDEN......................100 76 94 44 79
046 JG-5.. ..................... 5 9 5 0 5
047 JG-6...........................4 6 2 0 3
048 JG-7..........................12 37 31 0 
20
049 JG-8........................... 20 30 35 18 
26
050 McNAIR 23535................... 7 35 39 7 22
Kamal M. El-Zik, Dept. of Soil & Crop Sci., Texas A&M Univ.,
College Station, TX 77843-2474
051 KME-1.....31 79 9 25 36
052 KME-2........................60 92 35 86 68
053 KME-3......................... 9 44 12 37 26
054 KME-4..........................38 67 9 69 46
055 ROWDEN ......................... 85 100 80 97 91
056 KME-5......................... 86 58 42 70 64
057 KME-6......................... 51 26 30 22 32
058 KME-7......................... 98 86 22 45 63
059 KME-8........................ 36 31 5 3 10
060 McNAIR 235.............. 47 42 7 8 26
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1988 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test,
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 
2 3 4 Mean
Peggy M. Thaxton, Dept. of Soil & Crop Sci., 
Texas A&M Univ.
College Station, TX 77843-2474
061 PT-1.......................... 95 79 24 53 63
062 PTI2.......................... 99 92 77 79 87
063 P-3................. . . 39 31 9 15 24
064 PT-4........................... 18 33 11 7 17
065 ROWDEN.... ..................... 70 98 88 92 87
066 PT-5......................... 81 40 15 51 47
067 PT-6......................... 99 71 39 70 70
068 PT-7.......................... 93 41 4 30 42
069 PT-8........................... 96 74 9 51 58
070 McNAIR 235.................. 54 0 2 2 15
Shelby H. Baker, Univ. of Ga. C.P.E.S., P.O. Box 748,
Tifton, GA 31793-0748
071 GaT 1 .......................... 65 8 0 14 22
072 GaT 2................ ......... 75 0 1 2 20
073 GaT 3......................... 59 6 0 0 16
074 GaT 4 ...................... 54 7 5 32 25
075 ROWDEN................... ....... 97 13 33 26 42
076 GaT 5......................... 11 2 3 14 8
077 GaT 6.......................... 22 12 14 14 16
078 GaT 7......................... 11 13 8 3 9
079 GaT 8....................... 6 1 4 3 4
080 McNAIR 235..................... 9 2 3 9 6
Richard Sheetz, Cargill Hybrid Seeds, Box 2, Aiken, TX 79221
081 1 63 11 12 33 30
082 2.............................. 12 5 11 2 8
083 3 16 2 13 3 9
084 4 38 72 5 38 38
085 ROWDEN..........89 90 48 66 73
086 5..................6 11 4 2 6
087 6 . . . . . . . . . . . ... 15 11 4 12 11
088 7.............................. 7 6 1 0 4
089 8.............................. 9 1 2 2 4
090 McNAIR 235..................... 10 4 5 0 5
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1988 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test,
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 3 4 Mean
Robert R. Bridge, Delta Branch Expt. Sta.,, P.O. Box 197,
Stoneville, MS 387760
091 R.RB1.................11 6 2 0 5
09 2 RIRB2.....0. . . . . .8 10 1 6 6
093 RRB3 @00000 . 0 ... 6 18 2 7 8
094 RRB4........ . . .**. 1 8 0 1 3
095 ROWDEN........................ .. 46 43 77 82 62
09 6 RIRB5......... . . . .8 0 3 1 3
097 RRB6. *00...............00 5 0 0 5 3
098 RRB7...............................1 1 0 3 1
099 RRB8...............................3 3 0 1 2
100 McNAIR 2350000000000000000000.o 5 0 0 3 2
Fred Bourland, Dept. of Agron. 115 Plt. Sci. Bldg., Univ.
of Arkansas, Fayettville, AK 72701
101 FB-l 00000000000 0 0**0600**00. 16 5 1 5 7
102 FB-2........................... 25 35 26 7 23
103 FB-300 0 0 00 0 0* *0 00 0........* 19 0 13 2 9
104 FB-4........................... 17 4 3 14 10
105 RWDN.........O. . 71 44 27 22 41
106 FB-500090*000.00000............. 10 6 9 2 7
107 FB6............ . 12 0- 19 8 10
108 FB-7. .***0406600*.*.***.**** 11 11 6 3 8
109 FB-8 0*0000000000 **009000*000 6 2 0 0 2
110 McNAIR 235.. ***0*09**. *0* 2 19 3 1 6
Warner Fisher, American Cyanamid, 4201 East Broadway Rd.,
Phoenix, AZ '85040
11ill...... 12 9 4 5 8
112 2.......0..0...0 11 24 1 3 10
113 3*. ............. 0 0 1 1 0 1
114 4.............. . 0 20 50 45 29
115 RWDN...O....... . 58 100 49 76 71
116 50000*00.. 00.. 0.0.... 9.0.. 1.00000 17 82 9 30 35
117 6.. 0*~0*00000oo 40 89 5 49 46
1180 "7 n........&.... .' 6 7 n2 *1 9
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1988 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test,
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 
3 4 Mean
David S. Howle, Coker's Pedigreed Seed Co., Hartsville, SC
29550
121 C-1 ...................... 80 82 10 2 44
122 C-2........................... 43 86 5 6 35
123% C-3................ 76 41 2 21 35
124 C4............. 84 94 7 2 47
125 ROWDEN........................100 100 78 83 90
126 C-5............ .......... 85 65 25 31 52
127 C-6.......................... 59 39 5 1 26
128 C-7............................ 42 64 18 11 34
129 C-8........ .......... 85 55 30 28 50
130 McNAIR 235................. 53 8 1 2 16
B.W. White, Dept. of Agron.-Crop Science, MSU, P.O. Box 5248,
Mississippi State, MS 39762
131 BW-1 ..................... 61 24 2 22 27
132 BW-2 2.......................... 88 7 23 24 36
133 BW-3..........................100 94 86 29 77
134 BW-4........................... 98 5 5 13 30
135 ROWDEN.....................96 36 71 68 68
136 BW W -. ............ 34 15 1 1 13
137 BW-6................ ..... 12 2 2 2 5
138 BW-7.........................40 29 5 8 21
139 BW-8 ............................9 3 0 2 4
140 McNAIR 235............... ..... 11 4 5 10 8
Mason Hawkins, Ranger Seed Co., Box 1288, Tahoka, TX 79373
141 RSC-1.......................... 0 11 2 5 5
142 RSC-2........................ 38 14 9 22 21
143 RSC-3.......................... 2 2 0 27 8
144 RSC-4.......................... 38 11 18 25 23
145 ROWDEN.............. 95 46 54 81 69
146 RSC-5 .................. 29 20 6 7 16
147 RSC-6. . ...................... 24 53 37 62 44
148 RSC-7......................... 20 36 37 33 32
149 RSC8.......................... 64 36 57 62 55
150 McNAIR 23 5................ 0 12 23 4 10
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1988 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test,
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 
3 4 Mean
Laval M. Verhalen, Dept. of Agron., Oklahoma State University,
Stillwater, OK 74078-0507
151 OKLA-1 ......................... 3 4 3 3 3
152 OKLA-2 ..........................0 1 5 0 2
153 OKLA-3 ......................... 2 0 1 0 1
154 OKLA-4.........................0 1 3 4 2
155 ROWDEN...................... 84 88 92 50 79
156 OKLA-5 ..........................0 0 19 10 7
157 OKLA-6............. .......... 0 13 1 4 5
158 OKLA-7. .......................... 1 0 0 0 0
159 OKLA-8. ..........................0 2 4 0 2
160 McNAIR 235.....................16 3 0 11 8
W.C. Johnson, Dept. of Agronomy and Soils, Auburn
University, AL 36849
161 Coker 84-828 .. 0................ 13 2 11 39 16
162 Terra C 40................. 5 2 8 56 18
163 HS 46 .......................... 10 0 20 58 22
164 McNair 220................... 4 7 0 0 3
165 ROWDEN....................... 72 76 69 43 65
166 BR 110......................... 14 34 4 0 13
167 Coker 315...................... 14 4 1 5 6
168 Deltapine 41 .................. 10 0 5 0 4
169 Stoneville 112 ................. 12 20 3 0 9
170 McNAIR 235 ......................2 8 5 2 4
171 Deltapine 90 ....................8 14 2 3 7
172 Stoneville 453 ................. 41 79 66 18 51
173 Deltapine 20 ....................1 17 4 9 8
174 Coker 208 .......................18 67 10 50 36
175 ROWDEN... ................. 94 95 15 25 57
176 Terra C 30 ..................... 21 34 1 9 17
177 KC 380 ..........................36 94 21 24 44
178 Deltapine 50.....................11 72 13 1 24
179 Delcot 390.....................18 56 3 21 25
180 McNAIR 235 ..................... 19 62 3 7 23
181 Coker 139..................... 12 .78 22 6 30
182 GAT 225............ 28 39 29 5 25
183 Tifco t56.......................33 78 27 34 43
184 Delcot 344.................. 5 36 28 1 18
Cont'd.
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1988 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test,
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry 
Percent wilt by replication
designation 
1 2 3 4 Mean
W.C. Johnson, Dept. of Agronomy and Soils, Auburn University,
AL 36849
Cont'd.
185 ROWDEN.........................100 
100 83 23 7
186 PD 3......................... 
18 31 2 33 2
187 Arkot 518....... ............. 
53. 46 4 0 2
188 Coker 118...................... 
54 88 6 9 3
189 Stoneville 825................. 
95 100 42 14 6
190 McNAIR 235..................... 
57 43 2 6 2
191 DES 119........................ 
51 41 1 18 2
192 Stoneville 506................. 
58 57 3 3 3
193 Deltapine 50-469............... 
28 16 0 31 1
194 Coker 130...................... 
48 28 2 3 2
195 ROWDEN......................... 96 
100 62 83 8
196 Delcot3 ....... ............. 69 
0 1 2 1
F7
1
!1
16
9
53
17
8
0
L9
Z0
35
L8
Curtis Williams, Jacob Hartz Seed Co., Inc., 
P.O. Box 946,
Stuttgart, AR 72160-0946
197 Hartz Exp 1....................00 100 
99 97 99
198 Hartz Exp 2..................... 12 12 
16 4 11
Gene Douglas, 1441 East John Cove, Greenville, MS 
38703
199 HAS 1801 ...................... 61 
3 31 17 28
200 McNAIR 235..................... 22 5 
6 5 10
201 HAS 1802....................... 47 44 
3 25 30
202 HAS 1803....................... 93 97 
49 47 72
203 HAS 1804....................... 0 11 
4 14 7
204 HAS 1805....................... 60 49 87 
93 72
205 ROWDEN........................ 98 67 
80 86 83
206 HAS 1806..................... 83 33 
57 64 59
207 HAS 1807.................. ..... 0 1 
1 4 2
208 HAS 1808. ..................... 0 0 
0 51 13
Jack E. Jones, Dept. of Agronomy, LSU, Baton Rouge, 
LA
70803-2110
209 JJ-1........................... 6 1 
2 2 3
210 McNAIR 235..................... 13 0 
6 16 9
211 JJ-2 .. J....................... 1 0 
0 1 1
212 JJ-3. .............. ........... 1 1 0 0 1
213 JJ-4 ........................... 0 0 
2 0 1
213 JJ-5... ........................ 1 1 
0 0 1
215 ROWDEN........................ 86 79 
52 72 72
216 JJ-6........................... 2 1 2 
0 1
217 JJ-7......................... 3 0 0 0 
1
218 JJ-8............................. 0 0 2 0 
1
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1988 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test,
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry
designation
Percent- wilt by replication
1 2 3 4 Mean
W. P. Sappenfield, University of Mo.-Columbia,
Portageville, MO 63873
P.O. Box 160,
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
MO-l0.0
McNAIR
MO-2 *10
MO-6 0 *
MO-7 0 *
MO-100.
ROWDEN,
226 MO-il.
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
MO-13.
MO-17.
MO-19.
McNAIR
MO-200
MO-2 1 0
MO-22 0
MO-24 0
ROWDEN,
MO-25 a
MO-260
MO-27 0
MO-.280
McNAIR
MO-29.0
MO-3 1 0
MO-32.
MO-33.
ROWDEN,
MO-3 6 0
23 5............
2 35............
235...................
10
11
1
1
48
0
0
4
2
11
3
3
0
0
48
1
0
0
2
3
1
2
2
0
47
1
0
2
1
1
1
54
0
1
10
1
10
9
0
1
100
2
1
3
0
3
0
1
86
1
0
2
0
14
4
1
0
1
97
0
3
1
0
2
0
1
1
95
2
0
6
4
1
0
1
83
4
1
0
0
2
29
3
2
4
1
15
3
2
2
0
100
4
R.L. Shepherd, P.O. Box 5367, Mississippi State, MS 39762
247 RI.S-1..............................5 2 4 2
248 RL.S-2o.............................0 11 0 0
249 I.S3................0 11 3 5
250 McNAIR 235........................39 35 9 29
251 RL-..... ... .. . . . .3 10 3 3
252 RL-S-5............................3 0 6 0
253 RLS-6............................ 7 13 6 14
254 RL-S-7..............................4 3 0 6
255 ROWDEN...00...................... 98 98 82 85
256 RS8................9 0 0 45
3
6
2
2
68
1
9
5
1
0
1
66
1
2
2
1
9
4
3
2
1
86-
2
3
3
5
28
5
2
10
3
91
14
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1988 Regional Cotton Fusarium Wilt Test,
Plant Breeding Unit, Tallassee, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 
3 4 Mean
Rex Dunn, Dunn Seed Co., Rt. 4 Box 437, Seminole, TX 79360
257 D-1851.. .................. 21 40 3 6 18
258 D-325.......................... 73 0 9 8 23
259 HS-120...................... 57 6 1 7 18
260 McNAIR 235......... .......... 45 24 17 11 24
261 HS 1047....... .. 0............. 39 29 12 0 20
262 HS 1325...........5........... 35 2 8 0 11
Ron Thorp, Stoneville Seed Co., 1180 Avenida Ellenna,
Cassa Grande, AZ 85222
263 811................. 26 0 29 2 14
Curtis Williams Cont'd. (see above)
264 Hartz-3........................91 100 99 77 92
Joel F. Mahill, GroAgri Seed Co., P.O. Box 1656, Lubbock, TX 79408
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
ROWDEN..................
EXP 1095.......................
EXP 1093.......................
EXP 1054.........................
EXP 1059......................
McNAIR 235.....................
EXP 1091......................
79
45
36
63
29
46
36
94
57
2
45
11
25
22'
49
31
2
21
34
23
7
43
4
0
0
0
2
2
66
34
10
32
19
24
17
Ron Thorp Cont'd. (see above)
272 812........... ............. 14 0 5 1 5
273 8130.... ................... 26 8 0 4 10
274 814..................... ... 5 1 1 -- 2
275 ROWDEN ...................... 76 84 73 23 64
C. Wayne Smith, Dept. of Crop Sci., Texas A&M, College Station,
TX 77843-2474
276 CIL-1 .......................... 2 1 5 6 4
277 CIL-2.....IL...........2..... 0 1 29 30 15
278 CIL-3.. . ......... ...........*.*e. 3 2 4 12 5
279 CIL-4*............. .... ... 2 4 19 30 14
280 McNAIR 235..................... 3 6 11 7 7
281 CIL-5.......................... 13 40 47 59 40
282 CIL-6........................ 1 8 32 26 17
283 CIL-7. .......... .......... 3 7 25 7 11
284 CIL-8 .......................... 15 33 67 49 41
285 ROWDEN ......................... 55 100 84 
91 83
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