Early season development of floral buds in cotton

(...) Of a total of 7972 buds observed, 51, 33, and 16% flowered, shed 1cm size, respectively. Shedding of buds 1 cm size. The probability of bud formation at L 2 and L 3 was strongly affected by sympodium number (L n represents the nth fruiting position on a sympodium). Flowering declined from 74% at L 1 to 16% at L 4 (...)