Table 5.
Changes in the relative amount of bolls, boll weight and lint yield of the two cultivars Kemian 1 and Sumian 15 at different fruiting branch nodes (FBN) during 2009 to 2011.
| FBN | Relative amount of bolls (%) | Boll weight (g boll−1) | Lint yield (kg ha−1) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| KEMIAN 1 | |||||||||
| FB10–11 | 25.4 b | 26.8 b | 22.3 b | 5.7 a | 5.7 a | 5.7 a | 404 b | 468 b | 393 b |
| FB2–3 | 39.5 a | 38.4 a | 34.4 a | 5.4 a | 5.5 a | 5.5 a | 541 a | 640 a | 524 a |
| SUMIAN 15 | |||||||||
| FB10–11 | 22.4 b | 25.3 b | 20.7 b | 5.9 a | 5.8 a | 5.5 a | 349 b | 441 b | 341 b |
| FB2–3 | 38.7 a | 41.6 a | 37.2 a | 5.5 b | 5.3 b | 5.0 b | 481 a | 626 a | 458 a |
Relative amount of bolls was calculated as 100% × (the number of bolls on FB1−5, FB10−15, respectively/total number of bolls per plant).
Values followed by a different letter within the same column are significantly different at P = 0.05 probability level.