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Windblown Soil Abrasive Injury to Cotton Plants 1
Author(s) -
Armbrust D. V.
Publication year - 1968
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/agronj1968.00021962006000060011x
Subject(s) - agronomy , acre , environmental science , yield (engineering) , soil water , bloom , biology , soil science , materials science , ecology , metallurgy
An experiment was established to study the resistance of an upland variety of cotton to soil abrasion and the recovery characteristics of damaged plants. An increase in the amount of soil striking a young cotton plant decreased the plant growth rate and yield, delayed first bloom, and increased the number of plants lost. A soil loss of less than 3.8 kg/ha (1.7 tons/acre) on 1‐ to 3‐weekold cotton plants did not decrease yields.