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Cotton Cultivation and Physiology for Higher Productivity

A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Production".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2023) | Viewed by 4461

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Prof. Dr. Honghai Luo

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The Key Laboratory of Oasis Eco-Agriculture, Xinjiang Production and Construction Group, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
Interests: cotton; water and nitrogen supply; root; photosynthetic capacity; biomass accumulation and distribution
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Dear Colleagues,

Cotton is considered one of the main fiber and oil crops. With the popularization of mechanization and intelligence in cotton cultivation, there are many problems in cotton high-yield cultivation technology, such as high input, low resource utilization, non-point source pollution, etc. Therefore, effectively improving the yield of cotton planting through the optimization of cultivation technology and the innovation of physiological research will give full play to the unlimited growth, self-regulation, and compensation capacity of cotton, reduce production input, and improve cotton productivity, which are of great significance for coping with climate change and high-quality development of cotton.

The traditional cultivation mode can no longer meet the needs of modern agriculture for intelligence, precision, and greening. In addition, with the frequent occurrence of extreme weather, the living environment of cotton is becoming worse. To cope with the impact of the natural environment on cotton cultivation and growth, it is necessary for researchers to further optimize and explore the cotton planting mode, water and fertilizer supply, chemical regulation, combination of agricultural machinery and agronomy and other aspects, and clarify the physiological mechanism of cotton cultivation technology for improving cotton’s tolerance to external stress.

In this Special Issue, the latest research findings on high-yield cultivation and the physiology of cotton should be introduced. This Special Issue aims to show important cultivation techniques and physiological mechanisms for high yield of cotton. Therefore, I invite you to submit a paper summarizing the successes, limitations, and challenges in achieving high-yield cotton cultivation.

Prof. Dr. Honghai Luo
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Keywords

  • cotton
  • high-yield cultivation
  • water and nitrogen utilization efficiency
  • chemical regulation
  • resistant physiology
  • photosynthetic physiology

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QTL Mapping for Fiber Quality Based on Introgression Lines Population from G. hirsutum × G. tomentosum
by Xinyi Chang, Chunping Guo, Zhenyuan Pan, Yuanlong Wu, Chao Shen, Lei Chao, Guangling Shui, Chunyuan You, Jianwei Xu, Zhongxu Lin and Xinhui Nie
Agriculture 2023, 13(3), 579; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13030579 - 27 Feb 2023
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As one of the most widely cultivated cotton species in China, upland cotton has moderate fiber quality and wide applicability, but its genetic basis is relatively narrow. To expand genetic diversity and improve fiber quality, in this study an introgression population (BC5 [...] Read more.
As one of the most widely cultivated cotton species in China, upland cotton has moderate fiber quality and wide applicability, but its genetic basis is relatively narrow. To expand genetic diversity and improve fiber quality, in this study an introgression population (BC5S5) containing 107 lines was constructed by using G. hirsutum acc. 4105 as the recurrent parent and G. tomentosum as the donor parent. Using the specific-locus amplified fragment sequencing (SLAF-seq) strategy, 3157 high-throughput single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers were obtained. Linkage analysis showed that a total of ninety-one QTLs related to fiber quality traits were detected in three environments, and the phenotypic variance explained (PVE) rates were 4.53–20.92%. Forty-six QTL (50.55%) synergistic genes were derived from G. tomentosum. Among them, qFS-A02-1 and qSCI-A02-1 were stably detected with a PVE of 9.8–16.71% and 14.78–20.92%, respectively. Within the candidate interval, Ghir_A02G012730, Ghir_A02G012790 and Ghir_A02G012830 were found to be possibly involved in cellulose and cell wall biosynthesis, with a relatively high expression during fiber development, 20 DPA and 25 DPA, which suggested that these three genes may be involved in the regulation of fiber strength traits, but their functions need further validation to determine the regulatory mechanism. Our research lays the foundation of fiber quality related to basic genetic research and breeding in cotton. Full article
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Industrial Organic Wastewater through Drip Irrigation to Reduce Chemical Fertilizer Input and Increase Use Efficiency by Promoting N and P Absorption of Cotton in Arid Areas
by Xianzhe Hao, Xiaojuan Shi, Aziz Khan, Nannan Li, Feng Shi, Junhong Li, Yu Tian, Peng Han, Jun Wang and Honghai Luo
Agriculture 2022, 12(12), 2007; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12122007 - 25 Nov 2022
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The use of industrial waste as an agricultural resource is important for clean and sustainable agriculture. We assumed that industrial organic wastewater coupled with chemical fertilizer would increase cotton yield by enhancing nutrients absorption and utilization. To test this hypothesis, a two-year (2019–2020) [...] Read more.
The use of industrial waste as an agricultural resource is important for clean and sustainable agriculture. We assumed that industrial organic wastewater coupled with chemical fertilizer would increase cotton yield by enhancing nutrients absorption and utilization. To test this hypothesis, a two-year (2019–2020) field trial was conducted to assess the impacts of CK (0 kg ha−1), chemical fertilizer (CF) (N-P2O5-K2O: 228-131-95 kg ha−1), chemical fertilizer + organic wastewater (F0.6 (60%CF + OW: 1329 kg ha−1), F0.8 (80%CF + OW), F1.0 (CF + OW), F1.2 (120%CF + OW) and F1.4 (140%CF + OW)) on nutrient absorption and distribution, fertilizer use efficiency and cotton yield under drip irrigation system. Compared with CF, the soil organic matter, NH4+-N and AV-K increased significantly after F0.8-F1.4 treatments. The absorption of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) by plants after dripping organic wastewater (F0.8-F1.4) increased by 1.1–11.2% as compared with CF (F0.6, CF < F0.8, F1.0 < F1.2, F1.4). Under F0.8, treatment resulted in a higher distribution rate of N, P and K in reproductive organs compared with other counterparts. In addition, drip application of organic wastewater promoted the absorption of magnesium (Mg) and zinc (Zn) in leaves and Fe in roots with higher translocation of Zn and boron (B) to reproductive organs compared with other treatments. The absorption of N, P and K was positively correlated with Mg, negatively correlated with calcium (Ca) and sulfur (S), and positively correlated with manganese (Mn) and iron (Fe). The yield and fertilizer utilization rate of cotton were higher at F0.8. Conclusively, the use of 1329 kg ha−1 organic wastewater (organic mattered ≥ 20%, humic acid ≥ 20 g L−1, Bacillus subtilis ≥ 2 × 108 L−1) combined with chemical fertilizer (N-P2O5-K2O) at (182-104-76 kg ha−1) reduces the application of chemical fertilizer and can increase utilization efficiency of chemical fertilizer with a high cotton yield under mulch drip irrigation in arid regions. Full article
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