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
Frequently Asked Questions
Using the Variety Selection Tool
Contact
Henry Jordan
Variety Testing Manager, Research Associate IV
Department of Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences
201 Funchess Hall (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.
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...
Experiments with cotton : varieties, boll rot, wilt, phosphates 1911
J. F. DUGGAR, Director,ANDE. F. CAUTHEN, Farm Superintendent and Recorder. Of the many varieties of cotton tested in plots in 1910, Cook, Dillon, Hardin and Triumph made the largest yields; of those tested in observation rows, Bate Early Victor, New Triumph, Excelsior...
Tests of varieties of cotton in 1909
J. F. DUGGAR AND E. F. CAUTHEN. In 1909 thirty varieties of cotton were tested on plots on the Experiment Station Farm at Auburn. The cotton was left one plant in a hill in checks 3 1-2 by 3 1-2 feet. The fertilizer per acre consisted of 240 pounds acid phosphate, 120...
Experiments with oats 1906
J. F. DUGGAR. Experiments extending over a period of ten years are -summarized in this bulletin. The oat may be made a much more profitable crop in Alabama than it now is, provided farmers will make the two following innovations in the usual method of caring for the...
Variety tests with cotton and corn : Williamson method of corn culture 1906
BY J. F. DUGGAR, DIRECTOR AND AGRICULTURISTANDL. N. DUNCAN, ASSISTANT IN AGRICULTURE In order that the results of our unpublished variety tests of cotton may be in the hands of farmers in ample time for use in making plans for another year, this brief bulletin...