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Estimating Fruit Retention - Procedure
(Publication az1209)
(PDF file version, 36KB
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by Jeffrey C. Silvertooth,
Extension Agronomist - Cotton

  1. Count Mainstem Nodes
    Ex.: Nodes = 14
  2. Determine node of first fruiting branch(FFB)
    Ex.: FFB = 6
  3. Determine Number of Vegetative Branches (VB) Ex.: FFB = 6
    Therefore, VB = 5 or FFB - 1 = VB = 5
  4. Count number of aborted sites
    Pre-bloom: first position only
    Post first bloom: first two fruiting sites
    Ex.: Aborts = 7 (first 2 positions)
  5. Determine total fruiting sites
    Total fruiting branches: FB = Nodes - VB
    Sites = FB x 2
    Ex.: 14 Nodes - 5 VB = 9
    9 FB x 2 sites = 18 sites
  6. Calculate % Fruit Retention (FR)
    Retained sites = Total sites - Aborts
    %FR = (retained sites/total sites) x 100
    Ex.: 18 sites - 7 aborts = 11 retained positions
    %FR = (11 retained sites/18 total sites) X 100 = 61%
  7. Refer to UA Baselines
    1. for stage of growth
    2. Heat Units After Planting (HUAP)
  8. Key depicting meaning of abreviations used to indicate cotton plant parts

    Diagram of a cotton plant, with the different plant parts indicated

    % fruit retention curves ploted on the heat units accumulated after planting for Pima and Upland cotton (used to make management decisions based on the progress of the plants)


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Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, James A. Christenson, Director Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Arizona.

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Information provided by Jeffrey C. Silvertooth, silver@ag.arizona.edu
Extension Agronomist - Cotton, College of Agriculture, The University of Arizona.
Material written February 2001.



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