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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Cotton Varieties"”.
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Optimal economic combination of irrigation technology and cotton varieties on the High Plains of Texas
Cotton is the leading agricultural crop in the Texas High Plains. Cotton producers have experienced steady to declining cotton prices coupled with increasing input costs resulting in tightening profit margins. Many new and improved technologies including varieties and irrigations systems are being …
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Study of Thermotolerance Mechanism in Gossypium Hirsutum Through Identification of Heat Stress Genes
… <p>Heat stress causes major losses to cotton seed and lint yield. Introduction of heat stress tolerance to Arkansas cotton varieties is highly desirable. However, very little is known about the molecular basis of heat stress tolerance in cotton. The present study attempted to identify …
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Purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus L.) competition with cotton: Species biology and effects of proportion, density, and moisture
… competition between purple nutsedge and upland cotton. Purple nutsedge produced more total dry weight than cotton in wet conditions but produced less or similar total dry weight in dry conditions. Cotton's ability to extract water from greater soil depth and maintain a high rate of …
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Tillage System Effects On Upland Cotton Yield and Development In Virginia
… which provides the best agronomic benefits for cotton production in the coastal plain soils of Virginia was the basis for this research. Strip-tillage was evaluated from 2015-2016 on-farm to determine the effects of annual and biennial treatments on plant growth and lint yield, as well as …
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The role of invertebrates in the diet, growth and survival of Northern bobwhite, Colinus virginianus, chicks in the Southeastern United States
… to that of the wild chicks. Finally, because cotton is a major crop in the southeasterm United States, a field-scale study was conducted to examine how crop-management differences between insect resistant and non-insect resistant cotton varieties affect the abundance of bobwhite chick-food …
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Optimizing Corn and Cotton Performance with Adaptive Management Systems and Subsurface Drip Irrigation in the Mid-Atlantic USA
Corn (Zea mays L.) and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) are globally important crops for food, feed, fuel, and industrial feedstocks. In Eastern Virginia, achieving optimal yields is challenging due to unpredictable environmental conditions which impact overall crop growth and nutrient use efficiency. …
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Developing Hybrid Cotton (Gossypium spp.) Using Honey Bees as Pollinators and Roundup Ready® Gene as Selection Trait
Cotton (Gossypium spp.), the most important textile fiber crop in the United States (US), is cultivated in 17 states across the southern US. and a very important agricultural commodity for several states. The use of hybrids in the US has been limited due to seed cost production. The objective of …
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Evaluation of rotation varieties strategies to control reniform nematode in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
… of the most important pathogens associated with cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) yield losses in Texas. In the United States, currently 17 states are producers of cotton (Gossypium spp.), with Texas being the main producer. Approximately 60 % of the total production in the United States is produced …