Genotypic variation in spatiotemporal distribution of canopy light interception in relation to yield formation in cotton

Table 1 Varietal effects on cotton yield and yield components in 2014 and 2015

Cultivar	Structure	Seed cotton yield /(kg·hm⁻²)		Boll number per plant		Boll weight /g
Cultivar	Structure	2014	2015	2014	2015	2014	2015
L28	Compact	4 616 a§	4 494 ab	10.6	10.9 a	6.0 b	6.1 b
C915	Compact	4 164 c	4 129 d	9.9	10.1 ab	5.8 bc	5.9 bc
C113	Medium	4 308 c	4 353 abc	10.2	10.9 a	5.4 c	5.9 bc
C60	Medium	4 350 bc	4 208 cd	10.3	10.4 ab	5.4 c	5.8 c
J228	Loose	4 543 ab	4 616 a	9.9	8.9 b	6.7 a	6.7 a
J958	Loose	4 672 a	4 427 ab	9.7	8.8 b	6.3 ab	6.9 a
LSD		294	216	NS	1.7	0.5	0.3

§ Similar lower case letters indicate no significant difference among cotton varieties at the P = 0.05 level