Location Grower Cultivation type Row configuration Year
Macalister, Darling Downs Dave and Tom Gooding Semi-irrigated 60 Inch 2026
Variety Yield
(b/ha) *
Yield
(b/ac) *
% of
Sicot 748B3F
Length
(decimal) **
Length
(imperial) **
HVI class ** Micronaire Strength
(gms/tex) **
Uniformity
(%) **
Turnout
(%) *
Sicot 748B3F 9.57 3.87 99.7 1.18 38 21-2 4.5 32.9 81.9 39.5
Sicot 743B3XF 9.49 3.84 98.9 1.22 39 11-2 4.8 33.4 82.9 40.5

* Commercial Ginned Yield.

** Quality Data following Commercial Gin.

Planted 05/11/2025
Seed imbibation date 05/11/2025
Establishment method Pre Irrigated
Previous crop Long Fallow Sorghum
Field conditions score 2.0
Row configuration 60 Inch
Planting speed (km/hr) 10.0
Planting depth (cm) 2.5
Planting rate (kg/ha) 13.9
Monitor rate (seeds/m) 16.0
Soil temperature at planting (°C) 19.5
Planting uniformity index
Defoliation date 22/03/2026
Days to defoliation 137
No. of defoliation 2
Rainfall (mm) 497
Effective Rainfall (mm)
Picking date 28/04/2026
In-crop irrigations 4
Crop ETc
Total nitrogen (kg/ha N) 160.0
Pre-plant nitrogen (kg/ha N) 160
Post-plant nitrogen (kg/ha N) 0
Phosphorus (kg/ha P) 0.0
Potassium (kg/ha K) 0.0
Zinc (kg/ha Zn) 0.0
Flowering mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha)
Cutout mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha)
Total mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha)
Helicoverpa Sprays 0
Mirid sprays 1
Mite sprays 0
Whitefly sprays 0
Total sprays 1
Sicot 748B3F Sicot 743B3XF
Auslot number 26/381 26/166
Seed/kg 11525 11655
Final establishment/m 14.0 11.1
Establishment (%) 87.5 69.4
Sicot 748B3F Sicot 743B3XF
Plant height (cm) 71.8 71.9
Total nodes 18.4 18.1
NAWF 9.0 9.4
1st position retention (%) 92.7 96.7
VGR
Sicot 748B3F Sicot 743B3XF
Plant height (cm) 117.9 113.7
Total nodes 23.0 22.1
Interim boll count 125.3 130.0
Sicot 748B3F Sicot 743B3XF
Final plant height (cm)
Final total nodes
Final boll count 120.3 121.0

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