Table 4 Effect of foliar spray with MLE and MC on the ginning percentage, fiber quality parameters and oil contents of two cotton cultivars
Treatments | Ginning outturn/ % | Micronaire value | Fiber strength/ (cN·tex−1) | Fiber uniformity ratio | Staple length / mm | Oil contents /% | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cultivar | Foliar spray | Application time (DAB) | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 |
CIM 573 | Distilled water | 0 | 39.72ac | 41.54a | 3.63bf | 3.73a | 35.32b | 35.20a | 84.97ad | 85.33ac | 29.84ef | 29.64b | 17.63i | 17.54ik |
45 | 39.07bc | 38.98a | 3.60bg | 3.65ac | 35.63b | 35.71a | 85.27ac | 84.89ad | 29.78f | 29.44b | 17.80hi | 17.20jk | ||
90 | 38.83c | 41.27a | 3.69ad | 3.68a | 35.71b | 34.93a | 85.33ab | 84.74be | 29.94ef | 29.50b | 17.95hi | 17.11k | ||
MLE | 0 | 39.91ac | 41.65a | 3.68ad | 3.68a | 35.79b | 35.49a | 85.82a | 86.12ab | 30.23ce | 29.90ab | 18.46fg | 18.10ej | |
45 | 39.83ac | 41.05a | 3.74bc | 3.66ab | 36.28ab | 35.56a | 86.51a | 86.21a | 30.38ac | 30.04ab | 18.62ef | 18.73bh | ||
90 | 40.57ac | 41.85a | 3.79ab | 3.70a | 36.20ab | 35.42a | 85.96a | 85.62ab | 30.64ab | 30.11ab | 18.78ef | 18.05fk | ||
MC | 0 | 41.20ac | 40.77a | 3.62bf | 3.67ab | 35.62b | 34.78a | 85.72a | 85.57ab | 29.89ef | 29.72b | 17.94hi | 17.77hk | |
45 | 40.90ac | 40.22a | 3.65be | 3.72a | 36.29ab | 35.39a | 85.75a | 84.75be | 29.97df | 29.89ab | 18.06gi | 18.19ej | ||
90 | 40.24ac | 42.16a | 3.59bg | 3.69a | 36.26ab | 35.01a | 85.27ac | 85.22ac | 29.94df | 29.61b | 18.15gh | 17.81gk | ||
MLE + MC | 0 | 40.34ac | 40.65a | 3.74ac | 3.72a | 36.30ab | 35.22a | 84.94ad | 84.76be | 30.15cf | 29.81ab | 18.47fg | 18.14ej | |
45 | 39.96ac | 41.26a | 3.78ab | 3.73a | 36.87a | 34.75a | 86.01a | 86.04ab | 30.34bd | 30.01ab | 18.76ef | 18.10ek | ||
90 | 40.41ac | 41.63a | 3.85a | 3.63ad | 36.96a | 34.91a | 85.82a | 86.20a | 30.76a | 30.42a | 18.86ef | 17.96gk | ||
CIM 598 | Distilled water | 0 | 40.99ac | 41.21a | 3.37h | 3.55de | 29.86cd | 28.87b | 82.64e | 83.21fh | 27.97k | 27.67e | 18.80ef | 19.03af |
45 | 40.82ac | 39.37a | 3.43fh | 3.57be | 29.45d | 29.10b | 82.70e | 82.55gh | 27.98jk | 28.31ce | 18.91ef | 18.61ch | ||
90 | 41.16ac | 41.23a | 3.42gh | 3.52e | 30.04cd | 28.73b | 82.55e | 82.30h | 28.20hk | 28.43cd | 19.02de | 18.35di | ||
MLE | 0 | 41.58ac | 41.32a | 3.44fh | 3.52e | 30.08cd | 29.15b | 82.69e | 82.69gh | 28.38gj | 28.05ce | 19.44cd | 19.11ae | |
45 | 41.14ac | 40.55a | 3.49dh | 3.54de | 30.22cd | 29.00 b | 83.77ce | 83.10fh | 28.51gh | 28.33ce | 19.88ac | 19.88a | ||
90 | 41.87a | 41.48a | 3.50dh | 3.57be | 30.37cd | 28.79b | 82.69e | 82.69gh | 28.53gh | 28.53cd | 20.04a | 19.38ac | ||
MC | 0 | 41.68ab | 40.90a | 3.41gh | 3.50e | 29.92cd | 28.90b | 83.25e | 83.85dg | 28.10ik | 28.43cd | 18.69ef | 18.43ci | |
45 | 41.38ac | 40.76a | 3.44eh | 3.51e | 30.35cd | 29.04b | 82.44e | 83.24fh | 27.92k | 28.25ce | 18.74ef | 18.40ci | ||
90 | 40.65ac | 40.02a | 3.47eh | 3.55ce | 30.29cd | 28.95b | 82.88e | 83.21fh | 28.14hk | 28.47cd | 18.91ef | 18.37ci | ||
MLE + MC | 0 | 41.26ac | 38.09a | 3.53dh | 3.53de | 30.35cd | 28.99b | 83.18e | 83.51eh | 28.21hk | 27.87de | 19.46bd | 18.79bg | |
45 | 40.98ac | 40.18a | 3.53ch | 3.57be | 30.81c | 28.83b | 83.91be | 84.11cf | 28.47gi | 28.66c | 19.68ac | 19.68ab | ||
90 | 41.57ac | 41.40a | 3.59bg | 3.52e | 30.86c | 28.94b | 83.50de | 82.94fh | 28.64g | 28.68c | 19.91ab | 19.34ad | ||