EFFECT OF FRUITING PARTS REMOVAL ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF COTTON

S.M. Al-Zubadi, Ammar; A. Al-Naqeeb, Muwafaq

	EFFECT OF FRUITING PARTS REMOVAL ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF COTTON
The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science
Article 1, Volume 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-24
Authors
Ammar S.M. Al-Zubadi; Muwafaq A. Al-Naqeeb
Abstract
Field experiment was conducted during 2007 in the experimental field of crop science Department/ Collage of Agriculture/ University of Baghdad, in order to identify the mechanism of compensation of cotton plant of Lashata Variety, with different levels of fruiting form removal in various time intervals and the effect of this factor on yield component. We use complete randomized block design with three replications. To compare the treatments: (control), 50% bud removal for one, two and three successive weeks, and 100% bud removal for one, two and three successive weeks, 50% flower removal for one, two and three successive weeks and 100% flower removal for one, two and three successive weeks, 50% boll removal for one, two and three successive weeks and 100% boll removal for one, two and three successive weeks. The 100% boll removal treatment for one, two and three successive weeks showed superiority in plant height, number of fruiting branches, leaf area, and boll weight, where as 50% of bud removal for one week showed high significance in, number of opened bolls about 83% increased, seed cotton yield in first picking that reached 3106.52 Kg/ha in rate 77% increased, the rate of earlierness in comparison with other both treatments, yield of both pickings that reached 3616.43 kg/ha in rate 87% increased as well as in the rate of earlierness that reached 82% in comparison with control treatment. The best treatment was 50% bud removal for one week in compensation and the least response was when 100% boll removal for three successive weeks in comparison with other removal treatment.

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