Impact of active root zone soil potassium levels on cotton yield and fiber quality under no tillage.

Introduction: Potassium deficiency significantly hinders cotton growth and development, adversely affecting yield and fiber quality. Applying potassium fertilizer is a common practice to address potassium deficiency in the soil. However, the effectiveness of potassium fertilizer application depends on the appropriate soil potassium levels in cotton fields.

Low soil available phosphorus level reduces cotton fiber length via osmoregulation.

Introduction: Phosphorus (P) deficiency hinders cotton ( L.) growth and development, seriously affecting lint yield and fiber quality. However, it is still unclear how P fertilizer affects fiber length.

Glycosaminoglycan-Based Hydrogel Delivery System Regulates the Wound Microenvironment to Rescue Chronic Wound Healing.

Chronic wounds cannot proceed through the normal, orderly, and timely sequence of repair. The adverse cycle between excess reactive oxide species (ROS) and a persistent inflammatory response is an important mechanism of impaired wound healing. Herein, by combining the intrinsic bioactivities of natural polysaccharides and natural drugs, a glycosaminoglycan-based hydrogel delivery system is proposed to regulate the wound microenvironment.

Fruits-Based Critical Nitrogen Dilution Curve for Diagnosing Nitrogen Status in Cotton.

Estimating the precise nutritional status of crop nitrogen (N) after flowering period is not only important to predict deficiency but the excess that could be revised by fertilization in future crops. Critical N dilution curves describing the critical N concentration ([N]) in plant tissues during crop growth have been used to estimate the N status of whole plants in cotton. Little is known, however, about the critical N dilution curve for specific plant organs such as cotton fruits.