2018 Texas Upper Gulf Coast Replicated Agronomic Cotton Evaluation (RACE) - Trial Summary

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service conducts over 20 large-plot replicated cotton variety trials across the southern, eastern and central portions of Texas each year.  The objective of these trials are  to compare yield and lint quality of multi-gene cotton cultivars from the major seed suppliers, grown in large plot, replicated trials on producer-cooperator fields across this region.  Because of the various environmental conditions and site locations that these trials are conducted annually, these trials produce a wealth of data on variety performance.  These variety results are made available to local producers throughout these regions of the state.  Due to limited space, a summary of 4-5 county cotton variety trials conducted in 2018 across the Upper Coastal Bend Region of Texas will be summarized.  All the trial sites are replicated multiple times per location, with plot sizes exceeding 0.25 acres.   These trials are managed by the producer/cooperator and thus represent true, on-farm management practices.