Abstract:
The experiment was
conducted to investigate the effects of
different regimes of irrigation schedule on
various vegetative and reproductive stages
of cotton crop. The results showed that
irrigation effect was non significant for
number of plants m-2, while I4 treatment
produced maximum number of monopodial
branches 2.18, but statistically it was at par
with I3, I5. I4 treatment showed maximum
number of sympodial branches (20.43),
followed by I3 (18.63). F.H-900 showed
statistically higher sympodial branches
(18.34) than the F.H-901 (17.08). Maximum
number of flowers per plant was formed in
the I4 treatment (101.00), followed by I3
(96.31) and 15 (92.23). Significantly higher
number of flowers and boll drops was
recorded in treatment I1, followed by I2.
Flowers and boll drop per plant decrease
with increase in irrigations applied to crop.
Minimum number of flowers (60.45) and
bolls (16.98) dropped per plant were in I4
and 13 (65.0 and 22.72, respectively).
