Effect of Controlled Defoliant Application on Cotton Fiber Quality
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is an important industrial crop. It is a perennial crop and has indeterminate growth habit, however, in most parts of the United States, it is grown as an annual crop with the application of growth regulators.
Jyoti Neupane +5 more
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DETERMINATION THE EFFECT OF DEFOLIATION TIMING ON COTTON YIELD AND QUALITY [PDF]
This study was carried out for determining the effect of different application times at 40, 50, 60 and 70 % boll opening and untreated plot of the defoliant on cotton yield, earliness and technological properties in Southeast Anatolia Region conditions ...
Karademir Emine +2 more
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Plant protection unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) consist of light and small UAVs with pesticide spraying equipment. The advantage of UAVs is using low-volume spray technology to replace the traditional large-volume mass locomotive spray technology ...
Fang Xin +7 more
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High-quality cotton fiber begins with variety selection, continues with adherence to all production methods, and concludes with a well-planned and executed harvest.
Pramod Kumar Mishra +2 more
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Effects of insecticides and defoliants applied alone and in combination for control of overwintering boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis; Coleoptera: Curculionidae)—laboratory and field studies [PDF]
In laboratory, greenhouse and field tests, we determined the effects of combining full rates of the defoliants tribufos and thidiazuron and the herbicide thifensulfuron-methyl with half rates of the insecticides lambda-cyhalothrin or azinphos-methyl, and
Elzen, Gary +5 more
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Induction of Off-Season Flowering in Custard Apple (Annona squamosa L.) Cv. Balanagar
Pruning and defoliation are essential operations for inducing off-season flowering and fruiting to yield better quality and quantity of fruits in custard apple.
G M Vinay, R Chithiraichelvan
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Blackberry production has recently expanded to the Southeast. In Florida, inadequate winter chill limits blackberry production by causing poor and erratic budbreak. To compensate, we developed chemical budbreak induction methods based on the field trial
Shinsuke Agehara, Syuan-You Lin
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Microbial diversity in heavy-metal polluted waters [PDF]
Indigenious water microflora as well as the presence of metal- and xenobiotic biotransforming bacteria were investigated in waters near the KCM Pb-Zn smelter, South Bulgaria.
Atanasova, Radostina +5 more
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The Correlation of Machine-Picked Cotton Defoliant in Different Gossypium hirsutum Varieties
Cotton mechanized harvesting is the development direction of cotton production. The rapid development of mechanized cotton harvesting in Xinjiang has significantly increased the efficiency of cotton harvesting and reduced the harvesting cost. However, in
Junduo Wang +9 more
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Environmental Impact of Silicic Magmatism in Large Igneous Province Events
Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Scott E. Bryan
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