A field study was conducted at the Maricopa Agricultural Center to determine the influence of nitrogen fertility level on the effectiveness of defoliants for short-season cotton production. Increasing the nitrogen fertility level from 30 to 130 lbs N/A decreased lint yields from 3.2 to 26 bales /A. High residual soil N favored the use of a low N fertility rate. Defoliation treatments were most effective at the 30 lbs. N/A fertility level. Increasing the application rate of Dropp from 0.2 to 0.4 lbs. a.i./A increased the percent defoliation. There was a significant linear decrease in the effectiveness of defoliants as the petiole NO₃-N content increased from 300 to 7000 ppm.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/208323 |
| Date | January 1991 |
| Creators | Nelson, J. M., Hart, G. |
| Contributors | Silvertooth, Jeff, Bantlin, Marguerite |
| Publisher | College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Article |
| Relation | 370087, Series P-87 |
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