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Effect of cycocel on the growth, abscission and yield of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

G. S. Dhillon ,
D. S. Kler  and
Des Raj
G. S. Dhillon
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
D. S. Kler
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
Des Raj
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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A large number of flower buds, flowers and premature bolls of cotton are shed without contributing to seed-cotton yield. Abscission may be affected by environmental factors. It may, therefore, be possible to reduce it by modifying the micro-environment within the crop canopy.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 94 , Issue 2 , April 1980 , pp. 489 - 491
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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