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Soil temperatures under cotton in Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

E. McKenzie Taylor
E. McKenzie Taylor
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Cambridge.
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The results of the investigation may be summarised as follows:

(1) In Egypt, during the periods of germination and increase in height of the cotton plant, the soil temperatures are rising and the amplitude of the temperature wave is at its maximum.

(2) In Egypt, the maximum soil temperatures decline while the minimum soil temperatures remain constant, thus resulting in a gradual decrease in the amplitude of the daily temperature wave during the branching and flowering periods.

(3) In Egypt, throughout the soil zone occupied by the roots of the plant, the temperature is the same, the amplitude of the daily temperature wave small, and the temperature is constant during the boll development and maturation periods.

(4) The main effect of irrigation on soil temperatures is to reduce the amplitude of the daily temperature wave, no sudden change of temperature in the root zone taking place.

(5) From a consideration of the range of air temperature in other cotton producing countries, it seems probable that the characteristics of the soil temperatures during the boll development and maturation periods are the same for all countries.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , October 1927 , pp. 489 - 501
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1927

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(1)Taylor, E. McK. (1924). The Effect of Irrigation on Soil Temperatures. Tech. Bull. No. 53, Min. of Agric. Cairo.Google Scholar
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