Sixteen cultivars which were recommended for grower use or appeared to have potential for production in Tennessee were planted each year during 1994-96 at the Milan Experiment Station at Milan to evaluate their reaction to Verticillium wilt. Plots were located on an area which has a history of Verticillium wilt injury and consistently had moderate to severe wilt damage when environmental conditions were favorable for disease development. The plot area, in a creek bottom (Falaya silt loam soil), had been planted for over 20 years in a highly-susceptible cultivar every other year, and evaluation for wilt reaction was made in alternate years. Seed of the cultivars were packaged and planted May 6-10 with a four-row, tractor-mounted cone planter to assure uniform seeding rates. Fungicide and insecticide granules were applied to the seed furrow for seedling disease and early-season insect control. Plots were planted no-till in 1995 and conventionally in 1994 and 1996.