Cotton Physiology Today

Cotton Physiology Today is a newsletter that provides in-depth discussion of technical and production issues as the cotton growing season progresses. The newsletters contain proven strategies to help growers manage practices ranging from fertilization to harvest timing.

Cotton Physiology Today is a newsletter that provides in-depth discussion of technical and production issues as the cotton growing season progresses. These newsletters have been archived as they continue to provide proven strategies to help growers manage practices ranging from fertilization to harvest timing. All files below are PDF format.

When any new topics or updates on existing topics are addressed, they will be added to the listings below.

In addition to these newsletter archives, several volumes of The Cotton Foundation Reference Book Series are devoted to cotton physiology. The Reference Book Series can be found here and are available for downloading as PDF files.

Growth and Development	Soil Management, Tillage, and Rotation
Think Like a Cotton Plant (1991) Early Season Growth (1995) Capitalizing on Earliness (1995) Growth and Development - First 60 Days (2007)	Soil Management and Soil Testing (1995) Modifying the Soil Environment - Conservation Tillage and Narrow Row Cotton (1990) Crop Rotation (1991) Conservation Tillage (1993)
Variety Selection and Planting Decisions	Fertility
Choosing the Right Cotton Variety (1992) Trends in Cotton Varieties (1994) Varieties: Development and Selection (1997) Cotton Biotechnology (1995) Seed Quality and Germination (1990) Plant Population (1991) Balancing Plant and Crop Performance (1993) Planting and Replanting Decisions (2007) Cotton Stand Establishment (1995) Late Planted Cotton (1991)	Cotton Nutrition - N, P and K (1991) Foliar Feeding Cotton (1991) Fertilizer Placement (1992) Developing a Nitrogen Management Strategy (1994)
Pest Management	Plant Physiology
Timely Soil Sampling--A Nematode's Nemesis (1996) Combating Seedling Disease--A Beltwide Challenge (1996) Cotton and Resistant Insects (1996) Bt Cotton (1997) Leaf Feeding Insects and Mites (1991) Weed Management (1993) New Ways to Manage Weeds (1997) Boll Rot (1994) Cotton Stalk Management (1991)	Root Physiology and Management (1990) Getting to the Root of Your Crop's Health (1999) Leaf Physiology and Management (1990) Mechanics of Cotton Productivity (1994) Cotton's Microclimate (1991) High Temperature Effects on Cotton Plant Water Relations (1992) Cotton Water Use (1999) Factors Affecting Water Use (2000) Cotton Irrigation Scheduling (1992) Cotton Irrigation Scheduling (2) (2001) Cotton Fruit Development - The Square (1993) Square Retention (1992) Peak Bloom (1995) Cotton Fruit Development - The Boll (1994) Environmental Causes of Shed (1989) Growth and Development - First 60 Days (2007)
Plant Mapping, Monitoring, and Interpretation	Use of Plant Growth Regulators
Plant Mapping as a Management Tool (1990) Monitoring Plant Vigor (1993) Vigor Indices for Cotton Management (1996) The Cotton Diary (1993) Managing and Evaluation of Variation (1993) Square Retention (1992) Charting a Course To Cutout (1993) Full Season Yield from Short Season Weather (1990) Making Sense out of Stalks (1989)	Vigor Indices for Cotton Management (1996) Monitoring Plant Vigor (1993) Physiology of Pix (1991) Pix Application Strategies (1995)
Crop Management	Defoliation
Monitoring Plant Vigor (1993) Vigor Indices for Cotton Management (1996) Negotiating the Path to Peak Bloom (1994) Charting a Course To Cutout (1993) Rescuing Productivity (1994) Making Sense out of Stalks (1989)	Cotton Defoliation (1990) The Art and Science of Defoliation (1993) Efficient Application of Harvest Aids (1991) Achieving a Clean Finish (1996) Preserving Quality from Seed to Harvest (1992) Causes of Poor Defoliation (1989) Effects of Cold Weather on Yield and Quality (1989)
Fiber Quality and Contamination	Miscellaneous Publications
Fiber Development and HVI Quality (1990) Causes of High and Low Micronaire (1990) Boll Weathering (1992) Producing for Quality (2001) Contamination: An Industrywide Issue (1990) Contamination: A Quality Concern (1990)	10th Anniversary Issue (1998) Cotton Biotechnology (1995) Internet as a Farming Tool (1998) Precision Agriculture's Value (1998)
Year End Reviews
1991 Production Year 1993 Quality Trends 1993 Production Year 1994 Production Year 1995 Production Year 1996 Production Year 1997 Production Year 1998 Production Year 1999 Production Year 2000 Production Year

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