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Cotton radiation use efficiency response to plant growth regulators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2012

E. D. GONIAS ,
D. M. OOSTERHUIS  and
A. C. BIBI
E. D. GONIAS*
Affiliation:
Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, 1366 Altheimer Dr, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
D. M. OOSTERHUIS
Affiliation:
Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, 1366 Altheimer Dr, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
A. C. BIBI
Affiliation:
Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, 1366 Altheimer Dr, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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*To whom all correspondence should be addressed. Email: [email protected]
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Summary

Plant growth regulators are widely used in cotton production to improve crop management. Previous research has demonstrated changes in crop growth, dry matter (DM) partitioning and lint yield of cotton after the application of plant growth regulators. However, no reports are available demonstrating the effect of plant growth regulators on light interception and radiation use efficiency (RUE). Field studies were conducted in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA in 2006 and 2007. RUE was estimated for the period between the pinhead square stage (PHS) of growth and 3 weeks after first flower (FF+3) from plots receiving three applications of the nitrophenolate and mepiquat chloride with Bacillus cereus plant growth regulators (Chaperone™) at 7·19 g a.i./ha and Pix Plus® at 41·94 g a.i./ha compared with an untreated control. No differences between the Chaperone treatment and the untreated control were found in the present study. However, Pix Plus significantly reduced plant height (both 2006 and 2007) and leaf area (2007 only), and altered the canopy structure of the crop as recorded by increased values of canopy extinction coefficient. Although DM accumulation was found not to be affected by plant growth regulator treatments, RUE was significantly increased after Pix Plus application, by 33·2%. RUE was increased because less light was intercepted by the Pix Plus treatment for the same biomass production, and this is probably a result of changes in photosynthetic capacity of the leaves and changes in light distribution throughout the canopy.

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Crops and Soils Research Papers
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 150 , Issue 5 , October 2012 , pp. 595 - 602
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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