Location Grower Cultivation type Row configuration Year
St George, Balonne Craig Saunders Irrigated Solid 1m 2026
Variety Yield
(b/ha) *
Yield
(b/ac) *
% of
Sicot 606B3F
Length
(decimal) **
Length
(imperial) **
HVI class ** Micronaire Strength
(gms/tex) **
Uniformity
(%) **
Turnout
(%) *
CSX1257B3XF 13.92 5.64 1.22 39 21-3 4.6 33.4 80.3 50.6
CSX 1320B3XF 13.28 5.38 1.19 38 21-3 4.5 33.0 80.6 46.3
Sicot 606B3F 11.80 4.78 1.13 36 11-3 4.9 32.1 81.4 43.0
Siokra 253B3XF 10.96 4.44 1.17 37 21-2 4.4 29.2 82.6 44.0

* Commercial Ginned Yield.

** Quality Data following 25-Saw Gin.

Planted 27/09/2025
Seed imbibation date 27/09/2025
Establishment method Pre Irrigated
Previous crop Cotton
Field conditions score 3.0
Row configuration Solid 1m
Planting speed (km/hr) 15.0
Planting depth (cm) 2.0
Planting rate (kg/ha) 14.8
Monitor rate (seeds/m) 17.0
Soil temperature at planting (°C) 17.9
Planting uniformity index
Defoliation date 27/02/2026
Days to defoliation 153
No. of defoliation 2
Rainfall (mm) 90
Effective Rainfall (mm)
Picking date 19/03/2026
In-crop irrigations 10
Crop ETc
Total nitrogen (kg/ha N) 360.0
Pre-plant nitrogen (kg/ha N) 80
Post-plant nitrogen (kg/ha N) 280
Phosphorus (kg/ha P) 43.6
Potassium (kg/ha K) 75.0
Zinc (kg/ha Zn) 2.0
Flowering mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha) 0.00
Cutout mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha) 200.00
Total mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha) 200.00
Helicoverpa Sprays 0
Mirid sprays 1
Mite sprays 0
Whitefly sprays 0
Total sprays 1
CSX1257B3XF CSX 1320B3XF Sicot 606B3F Siokra 253B3XF
Auslot number 26/422 26/420 26/065 26/138
Seed/kg 12610 12470 11490 12160
Final establishment/m 9.9 7.4 8.6 8.9
Establishment (%) 58.2 43.5 50.6 52.4
CSX1257B3XF CSX 1320B3XF Sicot 606B3F Siokra 253B3XF
Plant height (cm) 48.8 49.2 44.7 52.7
Total nodes 16.3 16.1 16.3 16.3
NAWF 8.0 8.5 8.4 8.1
1st position retention (%) 58.9 63.7 60.8 62.5
VGR
CSX1257B3XF CSX 1320B3XF Sicot 606B3F Siokra 253B3XF
Plant height (cm) 106.3 103.3 95.0 102.8
Total nodes 23.9 24.0 22.3 24.0
Interim boll count 131.7 129.3 124.0 122.7
CSX1257B3XF CSX 1320B3XF Sicot 606B3F Siokra 253B3XF
Final plant height (cm)
Final total nodes
Final boll count 145.3 156.3 151.3 147.0

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