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1993
Regional
Cotton
Fusarium
Wilt
Report
Department of Agronomy a -.. .oils 
Departmental Series No. 173
Alabama Agricultural Experiment 
Station Auburn University
Lowell T. Frobish, Director 
Auburn Unih,rsity November 
1993
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1993 REGIONAL COTTON FUSARIUM WILT REPORT
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K. M. Glass and W. S. Gazaway
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Cotton cultivars and elite breeding lines submitted by 24
cooperators were evaluated for fusarium wilt resistance under
field conditions at the E. V. Smith Research Center, Shorter,
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 incoqneta.).
Plots were 40-inch-wide 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, developed at Auburn and released
in 1953, 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 it is the most consistently
resistant cultivar available. Rowden was planted in row 5 and
every tenth row thereafter (15, 25,...,275) and Auburn 56 in row
10 and every tenth row thereafter (20, 30,...,270) throughout the
test. Plots were planted May 7. Initial plant counts were made
IThis 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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Research Assistant of Agronomy and Soils and Professor and
Extension Plant Pathologist/Nematologist.
on June 2. Wilted plants were counted and removed on June 25,
July 9, July 27, and August 24. The remaining live plants were
also counted and recorded on August 24. Percent wilted plants
were then determined and mean wilting for a given entry
calculated.
Average wilting of the susceptible Rowden was 93, 85, 94,
and 76 percent for the four replications (87 percent average).
Corresponding wilt percentages for the resistant check, Auburn
56, were 52, 37, 55, and 37 (45 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 Kathryn Glass 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.
Information contained herein is available to all persons without
regard to race, color, sex, or national origin.
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1993 Fusarium Wilt Test
E. V. Smith Research Center, Shorter, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 3 4 Mean
1 C. Wayne Smith, Dept. of Soil & Crop Sci., Texas A&M
Univ., College Station, TX 77843-2474
001 WS-1. .................. 98 98 100 100 99
002 WS-2.................... 22 58 71 40 48
003 WS-3 ..................... - 98 95 96 96
004 WS-4................... - 77 95 96 89
005 ROWDEN................. 96 96 94 95
006 WS-5 ................... 80 44 88 75 71
007 WS-6.....................99 96 99 97 98
008 WS-7 ................... 48 80 98 66 73
009 WS-8 ................... 95 74 97 75 85
010 AUBURN 56.......... 37 74 79 28 55
2 James L. Starr, Dept. of Plant Pathology and
Microbiology, Texas A & M University, College Station,
TX 77843-2474
011 JS-1................... 47 66 41 47 50
012 JS-2 ...................31 65 32 23 38
013 JS-3 ................... 23 43 55 22 36
014 JS-4 ................... 27 55 32 24 35
015 ROWDEN.................88 93 92 94 92
016 JS-5 ....................9 58 51 36 38
017 JS-6............... .... 21 53 71 30 44
018 JS-7................... 12 43 73 50 44
019 JS-8...................26 37 51 19 33
020 AUBURN 56.............. 38 28 41 29 34
3 J. Jefferson Gwyn, Chembred, Inc., 10201 So. 
5 1
st
Street, Phoenix, AZ 85044
021 CB 232 ................. 36 48 87 83 63
022 CB 333................. 45 65 75 70 64
023 CB 407..................56 63 80 57 64
024 CB 1135 ................ 60 77 69 2 52
025 ROWDEN..................94 93 97 62 87
026 CB 1233.................40 67 27 32 42
027 Acala CB 1210.......... 66 80 82 5 58
028 Acala CB 7............. 39 51 72 30 48
029 Acala CB 305........... 53 38 55 10 39
030 AUBURN 56.............. 55 45 73 28 50
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1993 Fusarium Wilt Test
E. V. Smith Research Center, Shorter, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 3 4 Mean
4 Bobby Phipps, Agrigenetics, 13974 W. Van Buren St.
Goodyear, AZ 85338
031 AGC 2006.................86 80 92 14 68
032 AGC 2008............... 60 40 63 18 45
033 AGC 2009............... 88 44 89 24 61
034 AGC 3042................73 25 60 12 43
035 ROWDEN................. 91 96 97 80 91
036 AGC 3043............... 52 55 94 22 56
037 AGC 3049............... 75 88 54 62 70
038 AGC 3015............... 41 66 83 20 52
039 AGC 2005............... 28 56 35 13 33
040 AUBURN 56.............. 15 26 50 16 27
5 Fred Bourland, 115 Plant Science Bldg., Univ. of
Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701
041 FB-1 ................... 43 87 68 32 58
042 FB-2 ................... 58 93 87 58 74
043 FB-3 ...................49 73 97 45 66
044 FB-4................. 88 67 90 78 81
045 ROWDEN................. 97 91 97 95 95
046 FB-5 ................... 47 74 81 84 72
047 FB-6 ................... 17 51 92 84 61
048 FB-7.16 43 69 35 41
049 FB-8....................18 75 87 49 57
050 AUBURN 56.............. 32 66 55 63 54
6 John Green, Seed Source, Inc., 106 4th Street, Leland,
MS 38756
051 JMG-l a00..................21 43 78 37 45
052 JMG-2...................20 68 62 30 45
053 JMG-3..................22 48 67 53 47
054 ALG-4....................40 78 75 78 68
055 ROWDEN..................93 90 98 65 86
056 JMG-5 .................. 72 58 90 75 74
057 JMG-6...................59 69 79 74 70
058 JMG-7....................98 51 84 62 74
059 JMG-8...................86 73 86 68 78
060 AUBURN 56.............. 92 54 64 51 65
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1993 Fusarium Wilt Test
E. V. Smith Research Center, Shorter, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 3 4 Mean
7 Peggy Thaxton, Dept. of Soil & Crop Sci., 
Texas A&M
Univ., College Station, TX 77843-2474
061 PMT-1.. .................. - 38 55 68 54
062. PMT-2 .................. 99 86 94 95 94
063 PMT-3 ................... 42 75 78 84 70
064 PMT-4................. 78 80 95 84 84
065 ROWDEN.................... 93 93 96 93 94
066 PMT-5.................. 78 96 96 95 91
067 PMT-60..................- 87 92 92 90
068 PMT-70.................. - 97 92 95 95
069 PMT-8 .................. 98 81 93 79 88
070 AUBURN 56.............. 75 41 81 47 61
8 Laval M. Verhalan, Dept. of Agronomy, Oklahoma State
Univ., Stillwater, OK 74078-0507
071 OKLA-1.................. 100 79 93 92 91
072 OKLA-2 ................. 68 72 99 80 80
073 OKLA-3................. 51 42 61 42 49
074 OKLA-4 ................. 90 72 92 9 66
075 ROWDEN................. 88 92 88 87 89
076 OKLA-5..................11 66 37 22 34
077 OKLA-6................. 31 41 25 38 34
078 OKLA-7................. 28 63 48 59 49
079 OKLA-8.....................76 70 79 65 72
080 AUBURN 56.............. 42 23 25 36 32
9 R. R. Bridge, Suregrow Research, P.O. Box 312, Leland,
MS 38756
081 SG-1 ....................56 74 87 57 68
082 SG-2 ....................45 41 89 65 60
083 SG-3 ....................51 42 90 64 62
084 SG-4 ....................64 19 74 78 59
085 ROWDEN................. 96 90 95 84 91
086 SG-5.......................23 19 68 40 37
087 SG-6..................... 72 74 96 58 75
088 SG-7..................... 61 44 79 29 53
089 SG-8..................... 26 32 78 14 37
090 AUBURN 56.................53 27 79 23 45
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1993 Fusarium Wilt Test
E. V. Smith Research Center, Shorter, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 
2 3 4 Mean
10 Larry Burdett, Delta and Pine Land Co., 1305 N. VIP
Blvd. Casa Grande, AZ 85222
091 1. ....................... 76 67 96 73 78
092 2.*...................... 84 54 97 77 78
093 3...................... 100 98 98 69 91
094 4....................... 66 21 85 29 50
095 ROWDEN................. 98 96 95 40 82
096 5 ...................... 92 34 67 6 50
097 6 ...................... 94 56 70 33 63
098 7 ...................... 77 54 58 9 50
099 8.........................40 60 90 49 60
100 AUBURN 56.............. 29 33 40 31 33
11 0. Lloyd May, CPRU, P. 0. Box 3039, Florence, SC
29502-3039
101 L.MAY-1................ 81 69 60 65 69
102 L.MAY-2................ 76 64 68 42 62
103 L.MAY-3....0............. 88 90 67 75 80
104 L.MAY-4. ................. 88 70 94 24 69
105 ROWDEN...................94 94 92 70 88
106 L.MAY-5................ 89 74 64 55 71
107 L.MAY-6. ............... 92 84 86 57 80
108 L.MAY-7................ 78 20 78 43 55
109 L.MAY-8...................89 46 88 50 68
110 AUBURN 56.............. 51 22 84 32 47
12 Richard Sheetz, Cargill Hybrid Seed, Box 2, Aiken,
TX 79221
111 1..........................53 10 84 59 51
112 2...........................48 17 69 39 43
113 3 .......................62 12 38 21 33
114 4...........................77 28 60 43 52
115 ROWDEN....................93 51 90 78 78
116 5.........................67 49 84 66 66
117 6........................ 34 21 77 30 40
118 7........................ 52 23 94 76 61
119 8........................ 75 25 100 24 56
120 AUBURN 56................ 60 16 77 80 58
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1993 Fusarium Wilt Test
E. V. Smith Research Center, Shorter, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 3 4 Mean
13 Shelby H. Baker, Univ. of Georgia, Coastal Plain
Station, Tifton, GA 31793
121 GA-1................... 97 34 95 70 74
122 GA-2................... 100 47 93 78 79
123 GA-3................... 80 25 90 84 70
124 GA-4................... 93 39 89 68 72
125 ROWDEN...................- 51 94 97 80
126 GA-5. ...................64 8 67 32 43
127 GA-6................... 22 6 49 26 26
128 GA-7 ................... 30 16 55 16 29
129 GA-8 .................... 13 2 41 12 17
130 AUBURN 56.............. 31 14 30 41 29
14 Keith R. Jones, Delta & Pine Land Co., 
P.O. Box 157,
Scott, MS 38772
131 DPL-1 .................. 53 13 34 37 34
132 DPL-2 .................. 70 4 16 25 29
133 DPL-3 ..................95 10 75 44 56
134 DPL-4...................81 6 57 61 51
135 ROWDEN................. 90 44 94 92 80
136 DPL-5 ...................80 6 80 37 51
137 DPL-60..................86 14 94 37 58
138 DPL-7 .................. 99 11 99 50 64
139 DPL-8 ...................67 8 47 31 38
140 AUBURN 56................54 18 41 34 37
15 Bill Falaga, Terra International Inc., P. 0. Box
171376, Memphis, TN 38187
141 1 .......................51 17 66 30 
41
142 2...........................65 17 81 63 
56
143 3...........................78 10 41 57 47
144 4 .......................72 28 70 46 54
145 ROWDEN................. 95 59 94 61 77
146 5........................ 43 24 70 67 51
147 6........................ 78 30 78 54 60
148 7........................ 89 16 61 61 56
149 8........................ 84 10 84 52 57
150 AUBURN 56.................58 9 71 44 45
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1993 Fusarium Wilt Test
E. V. Smith Research Center, Shorter, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 
2 3 4 Mean
16 Kamal M. El-Zik, Dept. of Soil & Crop Sci., Texas A&M
Univ., College Station, TX 77843-2474
151 KME-1.................. 88 14 93 75 68
152 KME-2................... 87 21 85 44 59
153 KME-3................... 77 24 92 35 57
154 KME-4...................86 34 90 70 70
155 ROWDEN.................... 91 67 95 69 80
156 KME-5 .................. 74 19 81 65 60
157 KME-6...................64 27 77 32 50
158 KME-7................... 95 77 100 63 84
159 KME-8.................. 61 26 57 25 42
160 AUBURN 56............... 63 12 55 34 41
17 Curtis Williams, Jacob Hartz Seed Co., Inc., P.O. Box
946, Stuttgart, AR 72160
161 1......................... 76 20 84 77 64
162 2 0..0.................... 70 15 74 56 54
163 3.......................72 14 77 43 52
164 4. .......................56 10 32 14 28
165 ROWDEN..................91 43 90 87 78
166 5 ...................... 56 8 23 37 31
167 6...........................71 20 67 46 51
168 7 .......................33 21 42 30 31
169 8 .......................81 19 72 58 58
170 AUBURN 56.................56 7 51 36 38
18 Jim Mitchell, Jacob Hartz Seed Co., Inc., P.O. Box 946
Stuttgart, AR 72160
171 JM-1 ....................49 4 82 39 44
172 JM-2........................93 48 91 60 73
173 JM-3.......................71 9 86 53 55
174 JM-4......................88 34 96 74 73
175 ROWDEN................. 96 92 97 71 89
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1993 Fusarium Wilt Test
E. V. Smith Research Center, Shorter, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 
1 2 3 4 Mean
19 D. Steven Calhoun, Dept. of Agronomy, 104 Madison 
B.
Sturgis Hall, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge,
LA 70803-2110
176 LA890725............. 64 22 68 10 41
177 LA861875............ 56 11 33 45 36
178 LA861877................ 72 12 40 26 37
179 LA861879 ............... 49 33 38 47 
42
180 AUBURN 56.............. 27 15 53 53 37
20 Don Panter, Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Co. Inc., Box
167, Stoneville, MS 
38776
181 DMP-1..................69 26 70 56 55
182 DMP-2....... .......... 85 60 93 78 79
183 DMP-3 .................. 100 82 97 72 88
184 DMP-4................... 100 79 98 71 87
185 ROWDEN........... ....... 99 92 99 86 94
186 DMP-5 .................. 100 52 95 58 76
187 DMP-6 .................. 100 70 100 51 80
188 DMP-7....................... 99 50 93 66 77
189 DMP-8.................. 86 84 22 20 53
190 AUBURN 56.................55 59 57 12 46
21 A. L. Germany, Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Co. Inc., Box
167, Stoneville, MS 38776
191 SPSCO-1 .................98 93 94 81 91
192 SPSCO-2..................78 72 62 6 55
193 SPSCO-3 ................. 61 58 50 28 49
194 SPSCO-4................ 30 53 38 46 42
195 ROWDEN...................91 87 91 86 89
196 SPSCO-5..................97 88 97 95 94
197 SPSCO-6.................100 71 97 60 82
198 SPSCO-7................. 99 89 92 67 86
199 SPSCO-8 .................97 50 85 65 74
200 AUBURN 56.................77 39 56 64 59
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1993 Fusarium Wilt Test
E. V. Smith Research Center, Shorter, Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
desigcrnation 1 2 
3 4 Mean
22 Johnie N. Jenkins, Crop Sci. Research Laboratory, P.O.
Box 5367, Mississippi State, MS 39762
201 JNJ-1................... 38 12 19 20 22
202 JNJ-233..................39 35 22 7 26
203 JNJ-3 .................. 87 77 75 55 73
204 JNJ-4................... 14 25 8 10 14
205 ROWDEN................... 79 91 94 85 87
206 JNJ-5 .................. 31 47 17 20 29
207 JNJ-6.................... 36 28 13 10 22
208 JNJ-7.................. 33 57 22 21 33
209 JNJ-8*................ 46 59 15 42 40
210 AUBURN 56 .............. 56 44 43 8 37
211 JNJ-9................... 64 54 52 10 45
212 JNJ-10.................. 66 53 49 32 50
213 JNJ-11................. 43 41 38 13 34
214 JNJ-12.................. 90 27 76 18 53
215 ROWDEN.................. 94 85 97 57 83
216 JNJ-13.................73 62 71 13 55
217 JNJ-14................. 52 89 90 23 63
218 JNJ-15................. 92 96 89 43 80
219 JNJ-16...................29 69 29 37 41
220 AUBURN 56..............59 82 52 33 56
23 Freddie M. Miller, Terra International Inc., Box
171376, Memphis, TN 38187
221 1 ...................... 82 91 80 22 69
222 2..........................78 80 96 49 76
223 3. .......................84 38 61 23 52
224 4 ......................-99 100 99 89 96
225 ROWDEN................ 91 95 90 93 92
226 5 .......................93 57 65 33 62
227 6...........................53 42 47 65 52
228 7............-............85 90 76 51 75
229 8 .......................63 54 42 33 48
230 AUBURN 56.............. 34 65 45 18 40
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1993 Fusarium Wilt Test
E. V. Smith Research Center, Shorter, 
Alabama
Test entry Percent wilt by replication
designation 1 2 3 4 
Mean
24 Kathryn M. Glass, Dept. of Agronomy and Soils, Auburn
University, Auburn University, AL 36849-5412
231 PD3............. ....... 32 72 52 23 45
232 Stoneville 907......... 62 87 63 27 
60
233 Deltapine DP 5415...... 93 66 78 43 
70
234 Hyperformer HY 39...... 78 69 79 46 68
235 ROWDEN................. 97 89 91 63 85
236 Suregrow 501.......... 86 81 90 47 
76
237 Deltapine 51........... 67 44 84 58 63
238 Chembred CB 1233....... 82 39 91 31 61
239 Georgia King........... 77 91 92 33 73
240 AUBURN 56.............. 39 52 45 40 44
241 Stoneville KC 311 ...... 83 75 40 44 61
242 Hyperformer HS 23. .... 77 57 32 18 46
243 Deltapine DP 5690..... 65 82 52 32 58
244 Terra C 40..............54 85 41 38 55
245 ROWDEN................. 89 96 90 72 86
246 GA 88-88............... 71 93 85 68 79
247 Suregrow 404........... 76 86 61 31 63
248 Hollybrook HB 133 ...... 99 92 92 66 87
249 Stoneville X84-828.'.....91 67 91 57 77
250 AUBURN 56.............. 70 49 53 37 52
251 Stoneville 453......... 97 89 93 78 89
252 SS 9202............. ... 99 80 55 35 67
253 Hyperformer HS 46...... 98 98 97 90 96
254 Deltapine DP 5409...... 99 97 78 40 78
255 ROWDEN.......... ....... 97 98 97 79 93
256 DES 119 ............... 63 93 71 58 72
257 Terra 292.............. 70 87 84 44 71
258 Suregrow 1001.......... 70 92 76 68 76
259 GA 88-15-19............ 96 61 56 43 64
260 AUBURN 56.............. 73 25 36 49 46
261 Chembred CB 1135........91 59 79 40 67
262 Stoneville LA 887.......42 42 64 50 49
263 SS 9303................79 78 84 51 73
264 Deltapine 50........... 75 86 81 48 73
265 ROWDEN................. 97 97 98 59 88
266 Hyperformer HS 44...... 69 86 65 35 64
267 Deltapine Acala 90..... 67 90 66 37 65
268 Terra 207.............. 52 69 65 31 54
269 Suregrow 125........... 78 85 95 34 73
270 AUBURN 56.............. 46 60 45 23 43
271 Stoneville X9573........96 93 100 77 91
272 Hollybrook HB 147.......90 89 83 53 79
273 Deltapine 20........... 75 95 37 32 60
274 Stoneville 132......... 44 47 17 42 38
275 Rowden..................95 96 98 72 90
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