Effectiveness of Fruiting Sites in Cotton: Yield

(...) Bolls at position one on sympodial branches produced 66 to 75% of total yield; those at position two produced 18 to 21%; all other positions on sympodial branches produced from 2 to 4%. Monopodial branches produced from 3 to 9%. Sympodial branches from Nodes 9 through 14 produced the bulk of the lint in all cultivars. Distribution of lint over sympodia among cultivars was significantly different for positions one and two.(...) This research provides valuable information needed to more effectively manage the production of the newer, early maturing cultivars of cotton presently being grown in the mid-South