Fruiting Efficiency in Cotton: Boll Size and Boll Set Percentage

Cotton plants, Gossypium hirsutum L., initiate more fruiting buds than are matured. This research quantified the boll set percentage and boll size by fruiting site in a population of cotton plants. The fruiting sites of harvestable bolls were recorded for 2 yr in eight cultivars : Stoneville 213 (ST 213), Stoneville 506 (ST506), Stoneville 825 (ST 825), Tamcot CAMD-E (CAMD-E), Deltapine 50 (DPL 50), McNair 235 (MC 235), DES 119, and Deltapine 20 (DPL 20) (...)