Yield Performance as Affected by Row Spacing and Tillage Practice

W.E. Hart, F.D. Tompkins, T.E. Morgan, and J.F. Bradley


 
ABSTRACT

Effects of tillage practices, row spacings, and application of the growth regulator Pix® on cotton lint yields were evaluated in a three-year field study conducted in West Tennessee. Average yields produced in 30- and 40-inch row spacings were similar during the period 1992 through 1994. However, in any given year, effectiveness of a particular row spacing appeared to be dependent upon the nature of the growing season. No-tillage production practices consistently resulted in higher lint yields than planting into a conventionally prepared seedbed. In particular, the yield advantage of no-tillage averaged 73 pounds of lint per acre over the life of the study. Application of Pix® consistently resulted in significantly increased yields, the average yield advantage over three years being 93 pounds of lint per acre. The magnitude of the yield advantage associated with applying Pix® was influenced by the nature of the production year. Further, the positive effect of Pix® application was more pronounced in plots planted with 40-inch row spacing than in plots planted in 30-inch rows.



Reprinted from 1995 Proceedings Beltwide Cotton Conference pp. 689 - 692
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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