Treatment

1-MCP

Ethephon

Lint yield

Open fruit weight

Open fruit number

Open fruit weight

2011

2012

2011

2012

2011

2012

2011

2012

g a.i. ha⁻¹

mL∙ha⁻¹

kg∙ha⁻¹

kg∙plant⁻¹

no. plant⁻¹

kg∙boll⁻¹

1

0

0

1115abc

1545a

70.49ab

69.33ab

15.60a

13.07ab

4.48a

5.29a

2

0

146

1109abc

1429abc

63.31ab

53.76bc

13.47a

10.67ab

4.71a

5.04a

3

0

292

1004bc

1505ab

63.52ab

57.13abc

13.67a

11.27ab

4.62a

5.07a

4

0

438

895c

1345bc

53.07b

49.99c

11.73a

9.87b

4.51a

5.07a

5

10

0

1238ab

1575a

71.79ab

65.27abc

15.47a

12.53ab

4.70a

5.20a

6

10

146

1278a

1425abc

82.83a

72.90a

16.67a

13.80a

4.96a

5.30a

7

10

292

1186ab

1306c

75.08ab

56.11abc

16.87a

11.13ab

4.41a

5.04a

8

10

438

1005bc

1560a

61.02ab

73.10a

13.13a

13.60a

4.88a

5.42a

LSD (0.05)

252

180

28.40

17.87

5.60

3.41

0.55

0.64

Orthogonal contrast

Ethephon vs. ethephon + 1-MCP

*

NS

NS

*

NS

*

NS

NS

1-MCP vs. 1-MCP absent

*

NS

NS

*

NS

NS

NS

NS

Control vs. ethephon

NS

NS

NS

*

NS

NS

NS

NS

1-MCP vs. 1-MCP + ethphon

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

Ethephon vs. ethephon absent

NS

*

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS