Molecular Characterization and Genetic Relatedness Among Pecan Cultivars Based on RAPD Markers

Pecan Variety Test Results 1979-2003


		Average Production (pounds / tree)					Harvest
Variety	# Trees	Years 1-10	Years 11-20	% Kernel¹	Nuts / lb¹	ABI²	Date

Caddo	3	15	62	54	67	0.32	Oct. 11
Candy	4	19	55	45	78	0.62	Oct. 6
Cape Fear	4	17	55	51	55	0.41	Oct. 19
Cheyenne	4	10	36	52	65	0.66	Oct. 17
Creek	4	11	46	48	55	0.68	Oct. 18
Forkert	4	7	42	58	53	0.53	Oct. 19
Gloria Grande	5	10	58	44	48	0.19	Oct. 20
Grabohl	4	15	26	43	67	0.73	Oct. 17
Jackson	4	4	26	53	41	0.77	Oct. 22
Kanza	4	7	42	52	73	0.73	Oct. 8
Kicklighter 1	3	3	43	50	58	0.46	Oct. 14
Kiowa	4	12	47	53	48	0.65	Oct. 21
Linberger	4	15	51	52	55	0.48	Oct. 25
Maramec	4	9	37	53	53	0.59	Oct. 19
Melrose	4	6	43	52	67	0.79	Oct. 28
Moreland	5	12	48	52	61	0.69	Oct. 24
Oconee	4	12	42	53	48	0.37	Oct. 12
Osage	4	7	35	51	80	0.45	Sept. 21
Owens	4	11	54	43	49	0.22	Oct. 18
Pawnee	4	8	48	54	56	0.58	Oct. 3
Robinson	4	10	37	29	66	0.84	Oct. 31
Shawnee	5	11	32	53	63	0.90	Oct. 15
Shoshoni	3	14	56	50	59	0.63	Oct. 7
Sioux	4	12	54	56	71	0.78	Oct. 20
Sumner	5	9	46	49	56	0.53	Oct. 29
Tejas	4	12	44	47	80	0.77	Oct. 15
Western Schley	4	7	33	53	73	0.69	Oct. 16

¹Average of all years in which a crop was produced.
²ABI = Alternate Bearing Intensity. Ranges from 0 to 1, with 0 = no alternation, 1 = complete alternate bearing.

Average Yield Rankings (pounds / tree)
	Variety	Avg. year 1-10		Variety	Avg. year 11-20

1	Candy	19.1	1	Caddo	62.1
2	Cape Fear	17.0	2	Gloria Grande	58.2
3	Grabohl	15.1	3	Shoshoni	56.1
4	Caddo	15.0	4	Candy	55.0
5	Linberger	14.5	5	Cape Fear	54.9
6	Shoshoni	13.5	6	Owens	54.4
7	Kiowa	12.4	7	Sioux	54.0
8	Oconee	12.3	8	Linberger	50.9
9	Moreland	11.9	9	Moreland	49.3
10	Sioux	11.9	10	Pawnee	48.0
11	Tejas	11.8	11	Kiowa	46.5
12	Creek	11.3	12	Sumner	46.0
13	Owens	11.0	13	Creek	45.6
14	Shawnee	10.5	14	Tejas	43.5
15	Gloria Grande	10.2	15	Kicklighter 1	43.0
16	Robinson	9.8	16