Integrated Crop Management

The following material is a modified version of Chapter 4 - Integrated Crop Management for Cotton Production in the 21^st Century by W.C. Robertson and B.A. Roberts.  2010.  In P.J. Wakelyn and M.R. Chaundry, (eds) Cotton: Technology for the 21^st Century.  International Cotton Advisory Committee

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• Overview
• Growth and Development of a Cotton Plant
    Stages of Growth
    Root Development
    Vegetative Development
    Reproductive Development
• Establishing the Crop
    Getting a Good Start
    Equipment and Tillage Systems
    Row Spacing
    Variety Selection and Seed Quality
    Planting
    Replant Decisions
    Protecting the Plant
• In-season Management
    Monitoring the Crop
    Presquare
    Squaring
    Flowering
    Cutout
• Integrated Pest Management
• Soil Fertility
    Soil Sampling
    Soil pH
    Macronutrients
       Nitrogen
       Phosphorus
       Potassium
       Secondary Nutrients
    Micronutrients
    Summary
• Water Management
    Irrigation Scheduling
• Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs)
• Harvest Management
• Summary
• References