Field studies have been conducted over a four year period at the Maricopa Agricultural Center to determine the influence of nitrogen (N) fertility level on the effectiveness of chemical defoliants for short- season cotton production. Excessive N resulted in dense foliage and cotton that was difficult to defoliate. When plants were deficient in N from mid-season to termination, defoliants were very effective, but lint yields were reduced. The effectiveness of defoliants decreased as the petiole NO₃-N content increased. The optimum fertility program for short-season cotton is one that provides sufficient N during the season to produce maximum lint yields, but allows the crop to become deficient in N at the end of the season, prior to chemical defoliation.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/208668 |
Date | 02 1900 |
Creators | Nelson, J. M., Hart, Gary |
Contributors | Silvertooth, Jeff |
Publisher | College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) |
Source Sets | University of Arizona |
Language | en_US |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text, Article |
Relation | 370091, Series P-91 |
Page generated in 0.0024 seconds