Effect of soil-water tension on herbaceous cotton yield

A field experiment was conducted during two years, 1990/91, in an alluvial soil, in the State of Paraíba, Brazil, to study the effect of the levels of soil-water tension, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400 and 600 kPa, at 20 cm depth, on upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.r. latifolium Hutch, cv. CNPA-6H) yield. The experimental design was a complete randomized block with six treatments and four repetitions. There was an effect of the treatments on plant height, leaf area index and cotton yield, but the precocity index was not modified. Water should be applied when the soil-water tension, measured at 20 cm depth, reaches values around 200 kPa. There was a quadratic (R² = 0.893**) response of cotton yields to soil water tension, with the maximum when water was applied at 52% of soil water depletion.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Oliveira,Francisco Assis de, Campos,Tarcísio Gomes da Silva, Oliveira,Bernardete Campos
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Embrapa Secretaria de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento 1999
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X1999001000018
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