Cotton row spacing and plant density cropping systems. II. Effects on seedcotton yield, boll components and lint quality

dc.contributor.author	Darawsheh, MK	en
dc.contributor.author	Chachalis, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Aivalakis, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Khah, EM	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:49:18Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:49:18Z
dc.date.issued	2009	en
dc.identifier.issn	14590255	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/4515
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dc.subject	Boll	en
dc.subject	Lint properties	en
dc.subject	Plant density	en
dc.subject	Row spacing	en
dc.subject	Seed-cotton	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	controlled study	en
dc.subject.other	cotton	en
dc.subject.other	cropping system	en
dc.subject.other	fiber	en
dc.subject.other	growing season	en
dc.subject.other	nonhuman	en
dc.subject.other	parameter	en
dc.subject.other	plant density	en
dc.subject.other	plant yield	en
dc.subject.other	quality control	en
dc.subject.other	row spacing	en
dc.subject.other	seed weight	en
dc.subject.other	seedcotton	en
dc.subject.other	weather	en
dc.subject.other	weight	en
dc.subject.other	Gossypium hirsutum	en
dc.title	Cotton row spacing and plant density cropping systems. II. Effects on seedcotton yield, boll components and lint quality	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.publicationDate	2009	en
heal.abstract	Narrow or ultra narrow row production system has been suggested as an alternative strategy instead of conventional to increase yield and to reduce cotton input cost. However, the performance of this production system at different regions around the world cotton belt may need more evaluation. This study was conducted to evaluate this prospect in a marginal cotton belt. In this task, we compared three cropping systems in terms of conventional row (CR; 96 cm 16 plants/m2), narrow row high plant density (NRHPD; 48 cm, 32 plants/m2) and narrow row low plant density (NRLPD; 16 plants/m 2). Effects of these systems on seedcotton yield, boll weight and its components, seed weight and lint quality parameters, were studied during two growing seasons. The seed cotton yield was significantly (P ≤ 0.05) higher in NRHPD compared to CR and NRLPD, but this fact seemed to be dependent upon the weather conditions. Boll weight and its components were constantly lower (P ≤ 0.05) in NRHPD compared to CR and NRLPD. From the examined lint properties, micronaire and 50% span length were negatively affected (P ≤ 0.05) by high plant density in narrow row. The other lint quality parameters were not consistently affected by plant density and row spacing.	en
heal.journalName	Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment	en
dc.identifier.issue	3-4	en
dc.identifier.volume	7	en
dc.identifier.spage	262	en
dc.identifier.epage	265	en