When does a water deficit affect cotton the most?
Story Date: 12/4/2012

 
Source: Elton Robinson, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 11/29/12

When does a water deficit affect cotton yield the most? According to a study conducted by Derrick Oosterhuis, professor of cotton physiology at the University of Arkansas and Dimitra Loka, doctoral graduate student at UA, cotton is sensitive to water-deficit stress at all stages of growth, but particularly during reproductive development, from first square to peak bloom.

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