Publications by authors named "Donglou Zhang"
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- Leaf shape is important for cotton yield and plant structure, with sub-okra leaves showing potential advantages over normal leaves by enhancing canopy structure and yield.
- A field experiment revealed that sub-okra leaves are thinner and have lower chlorophyll content but achieve higher photosynthetic rates, leading to increased yields despite having less biomass than normal leaves.
- The study suggests that using the sub-okra leaf trait could be beneficial for developing short-season cotton varieties with improved photosynthetic efficiency and higher yields.
To determine the suitable planting density and row spacing of short-season cotton suitable for machine picking in the Yellow River Basin of China, we conducted a two-year field experiment in Dezhou during 2018-2019. The experiment followed a split-plot design, with planting density (82500 plants·hm and 112500 plants·hm) as the main plots and row spacing (equal row spacing of 76 cm, wide-narrow row spacing of 66 cm+10 cm, equal row spacing of 60 cm) as the subplots. We examined the effects of planting density and row spacing on growth and development, canopy structure, seed cotton yield and fiber quality of short-season cotton.
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