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The Effect of Level of Defoliation on Storability and Quality of Seed Cotton

M.H.Willcutt, Charles E. Snipes, T. D. Valco, Jon Ruscoe and Jay Phelps


 
ABSTRACT

This preliminary study addressed the question of storability of seed cotton in modules and provides a very preliminary look at one storage test where seed cotton from plots treated with three levels of defoliation (0%, 65% and 95% leaf drop) was harvested, placed into open mesh bags containing approximately 30 lb seed cotton each and stored in a grower's module for approximately 5 weeks. Temperatures of each bag and the grower's module were recorded through-out the storage period. Seed cotton moisture contents before and after storage were determined. HVI lint quality and seed quality measurements were made.



Reprinted from Proceedings of the 1997 Beltwide Cotton Conferences pp. 1613 - 1615
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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