Abstract
Markets for organically produced high quality cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) are projected to increase. Field experiments were conducted in Palamas, Karditsa in Central Greece, to compare the effects of two cropping systems on fiber quality of three cotton cultivars. The experiments, conducted during three years, were laid out in a split plot design with four replicates, two main plots (organic and conventional system) and three sub-plots (cotton cultivars). Findings suggest that fiber quality index (FQI), spinning consistency index (SCI) and multiplicative analytic hierarchy process (MAHP) are three indices that could be integrated in a useful protocol for the evaluation of different cropping systems for cotton cultivation. In particular, our results indicate that in general there was not any superiority of conventional compared to the organic cropping system regarding fiber quality as shown by the above mentioned indices. Regarding the length of the cotton fiber, this was positively correlated with micronair and the uniformity index of the cotton fiber. The organic system resulted to higher values of SCI than the ones of the conventional (1547.9 and 1522.3, respectively). The present 3-years study shows that organic cultivation of cotton can ensure high fiber quality and this was clearly confirmed by means of the several important indices.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
The organic system gave higher spinning consistency index values than the conventional system (1547.9 and 1522.3).
- Taxon
- Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium hirsutume6 - Treatment
- organic systeme1
- Outcome
- SCIe1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 1547.9 and 1522.3e1
- Comparator
- conventionale1
- Setting
- Palamas, Karditsa in Central Greecee0
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Verbatim
e6“Markets for organically produced high quality cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) are projected to increase”
e0“Field experiments were conducted in Palamas, Karditsa in Central Greece, to compare the effects of two cropping systems on fiber quality of three cotton cultivars”
e1“The organic system resulted to higher values of SCI than the ones of the conventional (1547.9 and 1522.3, respectively)”
Claim · model-written summary
Conventional and organic cropping systems did not differ in fiber quality as shown by the indices.
- Taxon
- Gossypium hirsutumGossypium hirsutume6
- Treatment
- organic cropping systeme2
- Outcome
- fiber qualitye2
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede2
- Comparator
- conventionale2
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Verbatim
e6“Markets for organically produced high quality cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) are projected to increase”
e2“In particular, our results indicate that in general there was not any superiority of conventional compared to the organic cropping system regarding fiber quality as shown by the above mentioned indices”
Claim · model-written summary
Fiber length of cotton was positively correlated with micronair and uniformity index.
- Taxon
- cottonGossypium hirsutume3
- Organ / stage
- cotton fibere3
- Outcome
- length of the cotton fibere3
- Direction
- positively correlatede3
- Qualifier
- micronair and the uniformity indexe3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“Regarding the length of the cotton fiber, this was positively correlated with micronair and the uniformity index of the cotton fiber”
Claim · model-written summary
The fiber quality index, spinning consistency index and MAHP could be integrated into a useful protocol for evaluating cropping systems for cotton.
- Taxon
- cottonGossypium hirsutume4
- Outcome
- a useful protocol for the evaluation of different cropping systemse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“Findings suggest that fiber quality index (FQI), spinning consistency index (SCI) and multiplicative analytic hierarchy process (MAHP) are three indices that could be integrated in a useful protocol for the evaluation of different cropping systems for cotton cultivation”
Claim · model-written summary
Organic cultivation of cotton can ensure high fiber quality.
- Taxon
- cottonGossypium hirsutume5
- Outcome
- high fiber qualitye5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e5“The present 3-years study shows that organic cultivation of cotton can ensure high fiber quality and this was clearly confirmed by means of the several important indices”
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