Effects of Wind on Cotton Production

G.L. Barker, J.L. Hatfield, and D.F. Wanjura


 
ABSTRACT

Many investigators have studied the effects of wind on plant growth, development and yield (Radcliffe, 1983; Grace, 1977; Frank and Willis, 1978; Barker, et al. 1985; and Nobel, 1981). These studies have shown that plants exposed to high winds were smaller, had lower yields, and used less water than plants protected from wind under 'favorable' growing conditions. Wind modifies the microclimate and the soil temperatures (Ujah and Adeoye, 1984; and Aase, et al., 1976). Dixon and Grace (1984) reported that wind reduced the transpiration rate of young trees consistent with predictions from the Penman-Monteith equations. Most of these studies were conducted on wheat or other grass type crops.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of wind on the microclimate above a cotton crop canopy under irrigated and dryland conditions and to evaluate the effects of wind on plant growth, water use, and yield.



Reprinted from 1987 Proceedings: Beltwide Cotton Production Research Conferences pp. 149 - 152
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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