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Monitor Cotton Growth—Bloom to Boll Development
Plant monitoring (or mapping) provides a system to evaluate the growth and development of cotton plants throughout the season.
You can use this information to fine tune management practices for the current crop stage. Many pest management decisions
must be made at specific growth stages and plant mapping helps you time them precisely. Plant measurements and calculations
for making management decisions change as the plant develops.
Plant monitoring from bloom to boll development focuses on measurements of:
Refer to the cotton anatomy diagram to help identify these branches and nodes.
For more information about making these measurements and for recording forms,
ask your local farm advisor.
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