Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Lower density produced taller cotton plants and more leaves per plant.

A claim from Plant Density Influences Reproductive Growth, Lint Yield and Boll Spatial Distribution of Cotton · 2019

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Lower density produced taller cotton plants and more leaves per plant.

Treatment
lower plant densitye0
Outcome
taller plants and high number of leaves per plante0
Direction
tallere0

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Gossypium hirsutum
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Verbatim

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“Cotton grown at lower plant density produced taller plants and high number of leaves per plant”

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“Cotton”

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Title

Plant Density Influences Reproductive Growth, Lint Yield and Boll Spatial Distribution of Cotton

Nangial Khan; Yingchun Han; Fangfang Xing; et al. Agronomy 2019. doi:10.3390/agronomy10010014

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density · yield · Gossypium hirsutum (cotton)Positive and negative results

171 papers: 130 positive, 41 negative or no effect

129 papers in the same direction as this claim · 38 in the opposite direction · 3 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. negative
    A further increase in plant population (D6) decreased cotton yield relative to high density (D5).

    Comparative Yield, Fiber Quality and Dry Matter Production of Cotton Planted at Various Densities under Equidistant Row Arrangement · 2020 · compared with high plant density (D5)

    Opposite directionCites this paper

  2. positive
    Bolls in upper nodes and distal positions and seeds per boll increased with decreasing density.

    Effects of plant density on cotton yield components and quality · 2016

    Same directionCited by this paper

  3. positive
    The medium density of 180,000 plants ha-1 under S6 maximized seed cotton yield, reaching up to 6420.47 kg·ha-1.

    Effects of planting density and row spacing configuration on dry matter accumulation and distribution, nutrient content, and yield in cotton · 2026

    Same directionCites this paper

  4. no effect
    Increasing plant density had no effect on yield of rain-fed cotton.

    Cotton in Ultra‐Narrow Row Spacing: Plant Density and Nitrogen Fertilizer Rates · 2005

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Row spacing did not affect yields in the wet 1997 season.

    Growth and Yield Comparisons of Cotton Planted in Conventional and Ultra‐Narrow Row Spacings · 2000

    Opposite direction

  6. no effect
    Yield of normal-leaf cotton was not significantly affected by row spacing in three other environments.

    Light Interception and Lint Yield of Narrow‐Row Cotton · 1992

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    High densities in equidistant spacing did not improve earliness or yield.

    Response of Two Cotton Genotypes to Five Equidistant Spacing Patterns1 · 1977

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    Boll size was not affected by row width.

    Influence of Row Width and Population Density on Yield and Fiber Characteristics of Cotton1 · 1973

    Opposite direction

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