Cotton Variety Selection Tool
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SPES-790NP
This publication is available in a web format only.
The official cotton variety trial (OVT) and on-farm variety trials are conducted in multiple locations across Southeast Virginia each year. At each site, in-season harvest data is collected and analyzed to provide cotton producers and industry partners with reliable performance data for each variety. This tool has been divided into three main pages: OVT Yield, OVT Lint Quality, and On-Farm Yield.
- OVT Yield: Data from small-plot trials replicated on the Tidewater AREC station and multiple farms across the region. Includes lint yield, lint percentage, and relative yield.
- OVT Lint Quality: Includes important lint characteristics: color and leaf grades, micronaire, strength, length, staple, HVI trash, reflectance, and yellowness.
- On-Farm Yield: Data from large strip plots on farms across the region. Includes lint yield, lint percentage, and rankings by site and year. Can view individual years or averaged over all site years.
A video tutorial for using the tool can be found here.
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Publication Date
March 13, 2026
