Location Grower Cultivation type Row configuration Year
Forest Hill, Lockyer Valley Mitch Brimblecombe Dryland Single Skip 2026
Variety Yield
(b/ha) *
Yield
(b/ac) *
Length
(decimal) **
Length
(imperial) **
HVI class ** Micronaire Strength
(gms/tex) **
Uniformity
(%) **
Turnout
(%) *
Sicot 761B3XF 6.47 2.62 1.20 38 11-2 4.4 33.4 85.3 47.1
Sicot 743B3XF 6.25 2.53 1.16 37 21-2 4.5 31.9 82.3 47.1
Siokra 253B3XF 6.13 2.48 1.16 37 11-2 4.4 32.3 82.8 46.2
CSX 1320B3XF 5.96 2.41 1.20 38 21-2 4.2 34.2 83.3 45.2

* Commercial Ginned Yield.

** Quality Data following Commercial Gin.

Planted 07/11/2025
Seed imbibation date 07/11/2025
Establishment method Rain Moisture
Previous crop Long Fallow Cotton
Field conditions score 2.0
Row configuration Single Skip
Planting speed (km/hr) 8.5
Planting depth (cm) 2.0
Planting rate (kg/ha) 9.9
Monitor rate (seeds/m) 12.0
Soil temperature at planting (°C) 23.0
Planting uniformity index
Defoliation date 25/03/2026
Days to defoliation 138
No. of defoliation 2
Rainfall (mm) 327
Effective Rainfall (mm)
Picking date 24/04/2026
In-crop irrigations
Crop ETc
Total nitrogen (kg/ha N) 130.0
Pre-plant nitrogen (kg/ha N) 130
Post-plant nitrogen (kg/ha N) 0
Phosphorus (kg/ha P) 0.0
Potassium (kg/ha K) 95.0
Zinc (kg/ha Zn) 0.6
Flowering mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha) 100.00
Cutout mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha) 30.00
Total mepiquat chloride applied (ml/ha) 130.00
Helicoverpa Sprays 0
Mirid sprays 2
Mite sprays 0
Whitefly sprays 0
Total sprays 2
Sicot 761B3XF Sicot 743B3XF Siokra 253B3XF CSX 1320B3XF
Auslot number 25/661 26/166 26/138 26/420
Seed/kg 11500 11655 12160 12470
Final establishment/m 11.3 11.2 10.6 11.5
Establishment (%) 94.2 93.3 88.3 95.8
Sicot 761B3XF Sicot 743B3XF Siokra 253B3XF CSX 1320B3XF
Plant height (cm) 53.8 55.7 56.5 54.1
Total nodes 15.1 14.5 15.8 13.6
NAWF 8.0 7.6 8.1 7.9
1st position retention (%) 89.4 87.0 89.9 85.9
VGR
Sicot 761B3XF Sicot 743B3XF Siokra 253B3XF CSX 1320B3XF
Plant height (cm) 95.3 87.6 95.4 90.2
Total nodes 19.4 17.5 19.8 17.2
Interim boll count 78.0 71.3 65.7 63.3
Sicot 761B3XF Sicot 743B3XF Siokra 253B3XF CSX 1320B3XF
Final plant height (cm)
Final total nodes
Final boll count 103.3 110.3 111.3 103.0

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