California Agriculture (Sep 1982)

Long-term study reaffirms yield increases of narrow-row cotton

  • R Curley,
  • C Brooks,
  • R Kepner,
  • K El-Zik,
  • A George,
  • T Kerby,
  • O McCutcheon,
  • L Stromberg,
  • R Vargas,
  • B Weir,
  • D West,
  • K Brittan

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 36, no. 9

Abstract

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Although narrow rows yielded more and reduced production costs, strippers caused more harvesting and ginning problems than spindle-picked cotton in normal rows. Cover photo shows cotton stripper with experimental brush-type stripper head for harvesting narrow-row cotton.