Table 5.
Consequences of drought stress on the fibre quality parameters of cultivated varieties of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum).
| Varieties | Micronaire (μg/in) | UHML (mm) | Breaking strength (g/tex) | Uniformity index (%) | Short fibre (%) | Fibre elongation (%) | Fibre maturity (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irrigated | Stressed | Irrigated | Stressed | Irrigated | Stressed | Irrigated | Stressed | Irrigated | Stressed | Irrigated | Stressed | Irrigated | Stressed | |
| FH-114 | 3.88 ± 0.1 | 4.34 ± 0.1 | 27.48 ± 0.45 | 30.40 ± 0.87 | 26.87 ± 0.81 | 31.80 ± 0.1 | 83.92 ± 0.52 | 84.92 ± 0.08 | 6.70 ± 0.1 | 7.43 ± 0.15 | 5.73 ± 0.15 | 4.13 ± 0.15 | 87.00 ± 0.50 | 87.03 ± 1.55 |
| FH-152 | 3.68 ± 1 | 3.83 ± 0.05 | 26.85 ± 0.36 | 29.97 ± 0.16 | 28.83 ± 0.06 | 32.92 ± 0.03 | 84.84 ± 0.42 | 85.90 ± 0.05 | 5.80 ± 0.1 | 6.13 ± 0.15 | 3.88 ± 0.1 | 4.40 ± 0.36 | 86 ± 1 | 86.04 ± 0.06 |
| FH-326 | 3.76 ± 0.2 | 4.15 ± 0.13 | 27.48 ± 0.19 | 29.08 ± 0.51 | 28.60 ± 0.3 | 29.55 ± 0.58 | 84.45 ± 0.74 | 83.67 ± 0.95 | 7.53 ± 0.15 | 7.05 ± 0.4 | 4.68 ± 0.25 | 6.60 ± 0.35 | 86.04 ± 0.06 | 85.97 ± 1.12 |
| FH-492 | 3.81 ± 0.1 | 4.19 ± 0.19 | 28.38 ± 0.06 | 29.42 ± 0.09 | 26.60 ± 0.26 | 31.30 ± 0.95 | 84.55 ± 0.56 | 85.90 ± 0.53 | 7.20 ± 0.2 | 6.07 ± 0.21 | 3.83 ± 0.15 | 5.20 ± 0.1 | 87.03 ± 1.55 | 85.97 ± 1.46 |
| FH-942 | 4.42 ± 0.2 | 4.50 ± 0.20 | 26.33 ± 0.14 | 27.97 ± 0.06 | 26.33 ± 0.21 | 31.87 ± 0.72 | 82.83 ± 0.06 | 84.37 ± 0.06 | 7.78 ± 0.11 | 6.10 ± 0.36 | 5.37 ± 0.21 | 7.23 ± 0.21 | 87.03 ± 1.5 | 86.03 ± 0.15 |
| VH-327 | 3.96 ± 0.02 | 4.50 ± 0.2 | 29.08 ± 0.51 | 25.63 ± 0.47 | 30.27 ± 0.15 | 33.19 ± 0.78 | 84.55 ± 0.56 | 84.33 ± 0.15 | 7.20 ± 0.2 | 7.70 ± 0.1 | 3.83 ± 0.15 | 5.60 ± 0.44 | 87.03 ± 1.55 | 86.97 ± 0.55 |
| FH-NOOR | 3.67 ± 0.25 | 4.50 ± 0.20 | 28.57 ± 0.31 | 29.08 ± 0.51 | 30.73 ± 0.31 | 33.19 ± 0.78 | 83.57 ± 0.59 | 85.30 ± 0.87 | 7.57 ± 0.21 | 4.90 ± 0.1 | 6.20 ± 0.21 | 5.07 ± 0.15 | 85.00 ± 1 | 87.95 ± 0.07 |