Variety Tests
Auburn University Official Variety Testing ProgramResearch /
Variety evaluation is also critical to plant breeders, both from universities and industry. Prior to releasing a new variety, these breeders typically evaluate their lines in independent variety trials. This ensures that they have unbiased data from multiple years and locations to support the release of their new variety.
OVT Mission
The mission of the Auburn University Official Variety Testing Program (OVT) is to provide research-based, unbiased results on the performance of various crop hybrids, cultivars, and varieties to the agricultural community in Alabama. We are intent on conducting these trials in a manner that will result in maximum biological yield through methods common to the top-producing farms in Alabama.
We are committed to providing this information in a timely manner for its use during the decision-making process. The success of the program rests on our ability to help Alabama producers provide a safe, dependable source of food and fiber for all families as well as an economic sustainability for theirs.
Variety Categories
Corn
Cotton
Soybean
Peanut
Small Grains
Small Grain Forages
Ryegrass
Grain Sorghum
Sesame
Variety Testing Team
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Contact
Henry Jordan
Variety Testing Manager, Research Associate IV
Department of Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
305 W Samford Ave, Room 2204 (USPS)
1031 South Donahue Dr (FedEx & UPS)
Auburn Univ, AL 36849
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Annually, the Auburn University Variety Testing Program conducts trials on corn, cotton, soybeans, peanuts, grain sorghum, wheat, barley, oats, triticale, small grain forages, and ryegrass.
Trials are conducted on Auburn University owned and operated agricultural research stations across the major geographical regions of the state. The research conducted at each of these locations can provide stakeholders with data that can be more representative of their growing conditions.
Small grain crops in Alabama 1931
R. Y. BAILEY AND J. L. SEAL INTEREST in small grain crops in Alabama is increasing due to the decline in the price of farm products, which emphasizes the need for producing feed and food crops at home. Cheap cotton and reduced purchasing power make it absolutely...
Results of cotton variety tests 1926-1929
H. B. TISDALE, Plant BreederandJ. T. WILLIAMSON, Associate Agronomist Eleven conclusive variety tests of cotton were conducted in different localities of North, Central, and South Alabama in 1929. The following tables give the results of these tests and the average...
Results of cotton variety tests in Alabama for the period 1925-1929, inclusive
H.B Tisdale & J.T Williamson During the cotton marketing season of 1930, a greatly increased interest in quality of cotton has been developed by farmers due to the dockage assessed against cotton with a staple below 7/8 inch in length. This stimulated interest has...
Results of cotton variety tests 1923
ByTHE DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMYThe purpose of this circular is to present briefly the hitherto unpublished results of cotton variety testsconducted by the Department of Agronomy of the Alabama Experiment Station. In an effort to determinethe best variety for the several...
Late planted variety tests of corn, 1919
LATE PLANTED VARIETY TESTS OF CORNByE. F. CAUTHEN
Soybeans in Alabama 1918
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Tests of varieties of corn at Auburn 1918
E. F. CAUTHEN Since 1906, fifty-four varieties of corn have been tested on the Station Farm. During this period amongthe four most .productive varieties-of each year, Hastings Prolific and Mosby each were included six times;Sanders and Alexander Prolific each five...
Variety tests of wheat 1918
E. F. CAUTHENOwing to the urgent need of wheat to meet the ,conditions that have grown out of the European War,the farmers of Alabama are advised to increase the wheat acreage-especially where the land is fairly welladapted to this important crop. They are advised to...
Growing peanuts in Alabama 1917
J. F. DUGGAR,E. F. CAUTHEN,J. T. WILLIAMSON,O. H. SELLERS. The average yield of unshelled peanuts obtained from regular variety tests, made in different parts ofthe State and covering a period of five years, ranged from 871 pounds of McGovern to 1244 pounds of...
Peanuts : tests of varieties and fertilizers 1917
J. F. DUGGAR, E. F. CAUTHEN, J. T. WILLIAMSON, 0. H. SELLERS SUMMARYThe average yield of unshelled peanuts obtained from regular variety tests, made in different parts ofthe State and covering a period of five years, ranged from 871 pounds of McGovern to 1244 pounds...
Wheat in Alabama 1914
J. F. DUGGAR AND E. F. CAUTHEN. SUMMARY.The most productive varieties of wheat as tested at the Alabama Experiment Station during the past sixteen years, have been the following, in order of rank: Alabama Blue Stem or Purple Straw, Red Wonder,Golden Chaff, Currell,...
Oats : experiments on culture, varieties, and fertilization 1913
J. F. DUGGAR and E. F. CAUTHEN.SUMMARY:The total production of oats in Alabama constitutes only a small fraction of this grain consumed in this State. Prices of grain will doubtless be high during the year 1914. These facts indicate the need for a very large and...