This study was carried out to determine the effects of putrescine(Put) and humic acid (HA) foliar applications on growth, yield and chemical composition of Egyptian cotton (Gossypium barbadense L. cv. Giza 90)plants grown under saline soil condition. A soil mixture of, clay: sand (1:1), was used as a plant growing media. Three different doses of putrescine (0, 1 and 2 ppm) and humic acid (0, 1 ...

Increased temperatures from global climate change are projected to cause substantial losses in crop productivity by the end of the twenty-first century. High temperature is predominant among the cardinal ecological factors that determine crop growth and productivity (Al-Khatib and Paulsen, 1999). In cotton, temperature is a primary controller of the rate of plant growth, developmental events, a...

Effective nitrogen (N) management in cotton production is essential in order to achieve proper growth and development. However, soil-incorporated N can undergo a series of chemical conversions along with numerous loss mechanisms (leaching, volatilization and denitrification) that can make N unavailable to the plant. In addition, soil-incorporated N has faced much scrutiny over the years for its...

Cotton plant development is usually predicted through a function of thermal time either at a daily step (Hanan and Hearn, 2003) or at a growth cycle (de Reffye et al., 1999). The GREENLAB model fits well to the architecture of some simple structured plants, e.g. pruned cotton (de Reffye et al., 1999) and maize (Guo et al., 2006). In the model, it is assumed a constant developmental rate and als...

There are only a few cells in the plant kingdom that are as exaggerated in their size or composition as cotton fibers. It is precisely their highly elongated structure and exceptional chemical make-up that establishes cotton fiber as an ideal model for studies of plant cell elongation and cell wall biogenesis. Cotton fibers are unicellular, therefore cell elongation can be evaluated independent...

Verde plant bugs, Creontiades signatus Distant (Hemiptera: Miridae), were released onto caged cotton, Cossypium hirsutum L., for a 1-wk period to characterize the effects of insect density and bloom period of infestation on cotton injury and yield in 2011 and 2012, Corpus Christi, TX. When plants were infested during early bloom (10-11 nodes above first white flower), a linear decline in fruit ...

Transcription factors (TFs) play an important role in the regulation of plant growth and development. The study of the structure and function of TFs represents a research frontier in plant molecular biology. The findings of these studies will provide significant information regarding genetic improvement traits in crops. Currently, a large number of TFs have been cloned, and their function has b...

The effects of the application of poultry litter at 0.0, 6.7, 13.4, and 20.1 tons/ha on population changes during the growing season on nematode communities were evaluated in two cotton production fields in North Carolina. Numbers of bactivorous nematodes increased at midseason in response to the rate at which litter was applied but decreased with increasing litter application rates at cotton h...

In the southeastern United States, a cotton-peanut rotation is attractive because of the high value and extensive planting of both crops in the region. The objective of this experiment was to determine the effects of cotton-peanut rotations, rye, and soil chemical treatments on management of plant-parasitic nematodes, thrips, and soilborne fungal diseases and on crop yield. Peanut-cotton-rye ro...