Cotton Bud Drying: A Theoretical Model 1
- 1 October 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 5 (5) , 1011-1016
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/5.5.1011
Abstract
This paper presents a theoretical analysis of the rate of water loss from abscissed flower buds of cotton, Gassypium hirsutum L., under any given set of environmental conditions. The bud drying model provides a link between larval boll weevil, Anthonomm grandis Boheman, mortality, and crop environment. Derived from assumptions relating to diffusive water loss, the model shows excellent agreement with experimental results for buds ranging in initial weight from 0.2–0.7 grams. The bud drying model provides a means of calculating the drying time of abscissed cotton buds for any given microclimate.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Percentage and Causes of Mortality of Boll Weevil Stages Within the SquaresJournal of Economic Entomology, 1936