Relationships between climatic factors and flower and boll production in Egyptian cotton (Gossypium barbadense)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 499-516

  Sawan, Z M ^a   Hanna, L I ^a   Gad El Karim, Gh A ^a   McCuistion, W L ^b  

^a ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^b Min of Agric and Land Reclamation ^*

Author keywords

Boll retention; Cotton flower; Evaporation; Humidity; Sunshine duration; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COTTON; FLOWERING; FRUITING;

GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036896352     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2002.1012     Document Type: Article

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