2019 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 stacked-gene Bollgard^®II and Widestrike^®, Roundup Ready Flex^® and Extend Flex^® cultivars 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 2019 across the Upper Coastal Bend Region of Texas will be summarized.  The core group of varieties in these trials includes DG 3421 B3XF, DP 1646 B2XF, DP 1948 B3XF, FM 2398 GLTP, NG 4936 B3XF, NG 5711 B3XF, PHY 480 W3FE, PXB07 W3FE, ST 4848GLT, and ST 5471GLTP.  All the trial sites have three replicates, are managed by the producer/cooperator and thus represent true, on-farm management practices.