BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
Web of Science
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 3b

Leaf reddening and yield of Bt cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) influencedby split application of nitrogen and foliar nutrition

  • Author:
  • M.D. Giri, M.B. Dhonde, P.S. Benke, S.C. Wadile
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 1037 to 1039

Department of Agronomy, Post Graduate Institute, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, 413 722, Maharashtra (India)

Online published on 12 August, 2013.

Abstract

At all growth stages, the plants not receiving nitrogen, recorded significantly higher number of plants affected by leaf reddening in Bt cotton. Application of nitrogen (N) in 6 splits recorded significantly lower leaf reddening and higher seed cotton yield.

Keywords

Leaf reddening, Bt cotton, yield, split application, foliar nutrition