Abstract
An experiment was carried out during 2003 and 2004 to study the effect of standard fertilizers for secondary and micronutrients, viz Mg, Zn, Fe and B on growth, yield and quality of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in South zone. Pooled data for 2 years indicated that specific fibre quality parameters, such as ginning per cent and uniformity ratio were significantly enhanced by micronutrient fertilization. Soil applied with FeSO4 @ 50 kg/ha registered highest ginning percentage of 39.2% and uniformity ratio of 50.2 relative to control values of 36.3% and 47.5, respectively. Fibre length was also significantly improved by soil application of borax @ 5 kg/ha. Besides quality, foliar sprays of MgSO4 @ 0.5% at 60, 75 and 90 days after planting and soil applied borax @ 5 kg/ha also raised the seed cotton yield by more than 18% (1 630 and 1 640 kg/ha, respectively) in comparison to control (1 380 kg/ha). Other quality traits, viz seed index, fibre strength, micronaire and fibre elongation and fibre quality index were not influenced by the application of micronutrient fertilizers.
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Claim · model-written summary
Micronutrient fertilization significantly enhanced ginning percentage.
- Taxon
- upland cottone1
- Treatment
- micronutrient fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- ginning per cente0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“specific fibre quality parameters, such as ginning per cent and uniformity ratio were significantly enhanced by micronutrient fertilization”
e1“upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Micronutrient fertilization significantly enhanced fibre uniformity ratio.
- Taxon
- upland cottone1
- Treatment
- micronutrient fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- uniformity ratioe0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“specific fibre quality parameters, such as ginning per cent and uniformity ratio were significantly enhanced by micronutrient fertilization”
e1“upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil FeSO4 gave the highest ginning percentage, 39.2%, versus 36.3% in controls.
Verbatim
e0“Soil applied with FeSO4 @ 50 kg/ha registered highest ginning percentage of 39.2% and uniformity ratio of 50.2 relative to control values of 36.3% and 47.5, respectively.”
e1“upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil FeSO4 gave a uniformity ratio of 50.2 versus 47.5 in controls.
Verbatim
e0“Soil applied with FeSO4 @ 50 kg/ha registered highest ginning percentage of 39.2% and uniformity ratio of 50.2 relative to control values of 36.3% and 47.5, respectively.”
e1“upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil borax significantly improved fibre length.
- Taxon
- upland cottone1
- Treatment
- soil application of borax @ 5 kg/hae0
- Outcome
- Fibre lengthe0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“Fibre length was also significantly improved by soil application of borax @ 5 kg/ha.”
e1“upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar MgSO4 raised seed cotton yield by more than 18%, to 1 630 kg/ha.
Verbatim
e0“foliar sprays of MgSO4 @ 0.5% at 60, 75 and 90 days after planting and soil applied borax @ 5 kg/ha also raised the seed cotton yield by more than 18% (1 630 and 1 640 kg/ha, respectively) in comparison to control (1 380 kg/ha)”
e1“upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil borax raised seed cotton yield by more than 18%, to 1 640 kg/ha.
Verbatim
e0“foliar sprays of MgSO4 @ 0.5% at 60, 75 and 90 days after planting and soil applied borax @ 5 kg/ha also raised the seed cotton yield by more than 18% (1 630 and 1 640 kg/ha, respectively) in comparison to control (1 380 kg/ha)”
e1“upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Micronutrient fertilizers did not influence seed index, fibre strength, micronaire, fibre elongation or fibre quality index.
- Taxon
- upland cottone1
- Treatment
- micronutrient fertilizerse0
- Outcome
- seed index, fibre strength, micronaire and fibre elongation and fibre quality indexe0
- Direction
- not influencede0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“Other quality traits, viz seed index, fibre strength, micronaire and fibre elongation and fibre quality index were not influenced by the application of micronutrient fertilizers.”
e1“upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)”
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