Paper · 1977 · Agronomy Journal

Evaluation of Glyphosate as a Harvest‐Aid Chemical on Cotton1

George W. Cathey; Harrison R. Barry

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Abstract

Abstract Regrowth is sometimes a problem after defoliation of cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.). Glyphosate [ N ‐(phosphonomethyl) glycine], a systemic herbicide, has been suggested as a regrowth suppressant. Glyphosate rates of 1.12 to 4.48 kg/ha were used in greenhouse studies to measure effects on leaf abscission and regrowth inhibition. Treatments of DEF (S,S,S,‐tributylphosphorotrithioate) at 1.26 kg/ha mixed with glyphosate at either 0, 1.12, 2.24, or 3.36 kg/ were used in a field experiment to determine effects of these treatments on defoliation, regrowth, yield, and various boll, seed, and fiber properties. Bolls that dehisced 0 to 25 days after treatment were used for boll, seed, and fiber property measurements. Glyphosate suppressed regrowth development when used either alone or in combination with DEF, and enhanced defoliation when the two chemicals were applied as a mixture. Seed cotton yield and most boll components were not affected by glyphosate treatments. Seed index was reduced by glyphosate treatments of 3.36 kg/ha, and a significant interaction between glyphosate rates and boll development was indicated for seed vigor. This research indicates that glyphosate can be an effective harvest‐aid on cotton when used in combinations with the defoliant chemical DEF.

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Claims 7

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Glyphosate suppressed cotton regrowth alone or with DEF.

Treatment
Glyphosatee0
Outcome
regrowth developmente0
Direction
suppressede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium hirsutum · TaxonChriKo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Glyphosate suppressed regrowth development when used either alone or in combination with DEF”

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“Cotton”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Glyphosate mixed with DEF enhanced cotton defoliation.

Treatment
the two chemicalse0
Outcome
defoliatione0
Direction
enhancede0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium hirsutum · TaxonChriKo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“enhanced defoliation when the two chemicals were applied as a mixture”

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“Cotton”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Glyphosate did not affect seed cotton yield.

Treatment
glyphosate treatmentse0
Outcome
Seed cotton yielde0
Direction
not affectede0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium hirsutum · TaxonChriKo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Seed cotton yield and most boll components were not affected by glyphosate treatments”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Glyphosate did not affect most cotton boll components.

Treatment
glyphosate treatmentse0
Outcome
most boll componentse0
Direction
not affectede0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium hirsutum · TaxonChriKo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Seed cotton yield and most boll components were not affected by glyphosate treatments”

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“Cotton”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Glyphosate at 3.36 kg/ha reduced cotton seed index.

Treatment
glyphosate treatments of 3.36 kg/hae0
Outcome
Seed indexe0
Direction
reducede0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium hirsutum · TaxonChriKo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Seed index was reduced by glyphosate treatments of 3.36 kg/ha”

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“Cotton”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Glyphosate rate interacted with boll development in cotton seed vigor.

Organ / stage
boll developmente0
Treatment
glyphosate ratese0
Outcome
seed vigore0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium hirsutum · TaxonChriKo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“a significant interaction between glyphosate rates and boll development was indicated for seed vigor”

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“Cotton”

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Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

The authors conclude glyphosate can serve as a cotton harvest aid with DEF.

Treatment
glyphosatee0
Outcome
effective harvest‐aide0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium hirsutum · TaxonChriKo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“glyphosate can be an effective harvest‐aid on cotton when used in combinations with the defoliant chemical DEF”

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glyphosate · growth · Gossypium hirsutum (cotton)Results differ

13 papers: 4 positive, 9 negative or no effect

3 papers in the same direction as this paper · 8 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. negative
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glyphosate · yield · Gossypium hirsutum (cotton)Results differ

61 papers: 35 positive, 26 negative or no effect

25 papers in the same direction as this paper · 35 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
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  3. positive

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