PJB-2019-756
Impact of early and normal sowing dates on seed cotton yield and fiber quality traits of elite cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) lines.
Zaheer Ahmed Deho, Saifullah Abro, Shafiq Ahmed Abro, Muhammad Rizwan and Fakhruddin Kharo
Abstract
Changes of the climate bring ahead new pressure for cotton cultivation in Pakistan especially in Sindh province. In present study thirty four elite lines along with three local check varieties (Sadori, NIA-Noori and NIA-Ufaq) were tested under early 20th March and normal 20th April, 2015-16 and 2016-17 sowing dates at NIA, experimental farm. Four lines produced (22) sympodial branches plant-1, two lines took more boll weight (4.0 g), five lines obtained long staple length ranges from (30.0 to 30.8 mm), eight elite lines took higher seed index ranges from (8.6 to 8.7 g) and three lines produced higher seed cotton yield kg ha-1 ranges from (2206 to 2314) under normal sowing date 20th April in comparison with early sowing 20th March seed cotton yield kg ha-1 ranges from (780 to 1049).
To Cite this article:
Deho, Z.A., S. Abro, S.A. Abro, M. Rizwan and F. Kharo. 2021. Impact of early and normal sowing dates on seed cotton yield and fiber quality traits of elite cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) lines. Pak. J. Bot., 53(4): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2021-4(18)
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