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Effects of Planting Date and Seeding Rate on Egyptian Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

M. A. El Fawal
Affiliation:
Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
A. F. El Okkia
Affiliation:
Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
A. A. Abdel-Bary
Affiliation:
Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
A. A. El-Khishen
Affiliation:
Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Summary

Work was conducted in Alexandria and Sakha districts, Egypt, to study the influence of planting dates and seeding rates on yield of seed cotton, yield components and fibre properties of Egyptian cotton, Menoufi variety, during 1970–1972. Four planting dates were studied, together with four seeding rates. The number of lost plants decreased as planting date was delayed, and the highest yield of seed cotton resulted from the third date of planting (20–23 March) using hand-drilling. Neither planting dates nor seeding rates had significant effects on most of the other characteristics studied.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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