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Genetic and Environmental Factors Affecting Production and Retention of Fruiting Sites

J. B. Riney, E. C. Best and D. R. Krieg


 
ABSTRACT

Yield potential is intuitively used by producers to adjust production level inputs. A method to accurately determine that potential has been the focal point of many research projects. Since the number of bolls meter-2 is the major yield component of cotton, it is reasonable that the number of sites meter-2 would reflect yield potential. Studies that have recorded these parameters were used to correlate site production to boll production. Several variables of a production system were evaluated. It was found that the number of fruiting sites produced is not related to the final number of bolls harvested (r2=0.08). Retention of fruit was found to be better related to the final number of fruit(r2=0.44).



Reprinted from Proceedings of the 1997 Beltwide Cotton Conferences pp. 1385 - 1387
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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