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Effect of Plant Spacing and Time of Planting on Seed Yield of Kenaf, Hibiscus Cannabinus L. 1
Author(s) -
Crane Julian C.,
Acuña Julián B.
Publication year - 1945
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1945.00021962003700120001x
Subject(s) - kenaf , hibiscus , sowing , agriculture , yield (engineering) , malvaceae , horticulture , political science , mathematics , agricultural science , geography , biology , archaeology , physics , chemistry , organic chemistry , fiber , thermodynamics
C interest has arisen during the past few years in determining the practicability of producing, both domestically and in the tropical and subtropical countries of this hemisphere, various types of vegetable fibers. Particular attention has beer~ given. to several malvaceous plants, as the fiber obtained from them is similar to jute fiber and is suitable for the manufacture of burlap and bagging maten.’al in which jute is generally used. Concerning the yield of fiber, Ergle, Robinson, .and Dempsey (6) ~ in Alabama and Crane and Acufia (3) in Cuba reported greater yields of fiber were obtained from the kenaf plant than from the several other plants studied. Crane and Acufia (4, 5) also reported the response of this plant to length of day and the resulting fiber and seed yields obtained from plantings made late in the growing season when the days were decreasing in length. The objectives of the investigation reported in this paper were to determine the effect of plant spacing and time of planting on growth and yield of fiber of kenaf when planted at monthly intervals throughout the growing season.