Abstract:
Objectives To study the effects of nitrogen application on the growth and yield of cotton under different planting patterns.
Methods The main area consisted of two planting modes: The (66+10) cm wide and narrow rows(P1) and 76 cm rows with equal spacing (P2) were divided into four subzones, which were 207 (N1), 276 (N2), 345 (N3) and 414 kg/hm2 (N4), respectively. The effects of nitrogen application on growth process, agronomic traits, spatial and temporal distribution of cotton boll, net photosynthetic rate, leaf area index and yield composition of cotton under different planting patterns were studied.
Results The yield of cotton seed reached the highest (7538.41 kg/hm2) under 76 cm equal row spacing and 345 kg/hm2 nitrogen application. The average plant height, true leaf number, fruit branch number and other agronomic indexes in 76 cm row spacing pattern were higher than those in (66+10) cm wide and narrow row pattern, and increased with the increase of nitrogen application rate; The net photosynthetic rate, leaf area index and boll number per plant showed a trend of "first increase and then decrease" with the increase of nitrogen application rate.
Conclusion It is recommended that the machine-picked cotton in Southern Xinjiang cotton Yuanmian No. 8 should be selected for planting, the planting mode should be 76 cm equal row spacing, and the nitrogen application rate 345 kg/hm2.