Effects of Foliar Applications of Carbohydrates on the Yield of Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) Lint

Various plant growth hormones and bioregulators have been reported to increase the yield of cotton Gossypium hirsutum L. lint when applied foliarly in field tests. However, while positive effects with these compounds were often observed in individual years by us, multiyear results were not significa...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 1997-07, Vol.45 (7), p.2763-2767
Main Authors: Hedin, Paul A, McCarty, Jack C, Dollar, Douglas A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
ALGODON
APLICACION FOLIAR
APPLICATION FOLIAIRE
AUGMENTATION DE RENDEMENT
AUMENTO DEL RENDIMIENTO
Biological and medical sciences
CARRAGEENANS
CARRAGENINAS
CARRAGHENANE
COTON
COTTON
Cropping systems. Cultivation. Soil tillage
FOLIAR APPLICATION
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General agronomy. Plant production
GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM
MONOSACARIDOS
MONOSACCHARIDE
MONOSACCHARIDES
Tending. Growth control
Tillage. Tending. Growth control
YIELD INCREASES
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Various plant growth hormones and bioregulators have been reported to increase the yield of cotton Gossypium hirsutum L. lint when applied foliarly in field tests. However, while positive effects with these compounds were often observed in individual years by us, multiyear results were not significant. Initial results with a commercial formulation, Foliar Triggrr, FT (Westbridge Agricultural Products, San Diego, CA), in which the stated active ingredient was cytokinin, led us to investigate the composition. Over a several year period (1989−1995), application of a succession of sugar-containing fractions to the cotton plants gave consistent small increases but not statistically significant lint yield increases. The composition of the active carbohydrate fraction upon acid hydrolysis was a mixture of mainly xylose, mannose, galactose, and glucose. Equal molar mixtures of sugars (man, gal, glc, suc) and ι-, κ-, and λ-carrageenans (linear sulfated polysaccharides) gave small consistent increases. The commercial application of this lead with carbohydrates may be in the utilization of an economical sugar-processing byproduct. Keywords: Cotton yields; Gossypium hirsutum L.; carbohydrates; Foliar Triggrr
ISSN:0021-8561
1520-5118
DOI:10.1021/jf960856g