CSD Cotton Management Knowledge Library
Optimising Cotton Yield Post-Cutout
Once your cotton crop reaches cutout the focus shifts to nurturing until defoliation and harvest the bolls already set. At this stage, while the plant's capacity for new fruiting sites is limited, there are still crucial management steps you can take to maximise yield...
Cracking the Code on Boll Maturity: A new approach to Last Effective Flower and Boll Period
Natalie Aquilina, Larissa Holland, Chris Teague, and Mick Bange Key points Understanding boll maturity is important as it helps cotton growers and agronomists make more informed decisions about their last effective flower (cutout), which will enable improved...
Cotton Boll Accumulation and Yield Potential
Cotton yield and fibre quality are intrinsically linked to boll development and maturity. Boll number and boll weight are the two primary yield components, with a higher number of heavier bolls leading to increased yield. A longer flowering period allows for more...
Crop establishment – by computer
Oliver Knox, Chris Teague, Hannah Hartnett, Mick Bange, Kavina Dayal and James QuinnPlanting can be a complicated operation with numerous decisions to make and many factors determining the success of the resulting crop’s establishment. Establishment is a result of...
Optimising Early Season Cotton Growth for High Yields: an in-depth look
In the world of cotton growing, every day and every day degree can be the difference between an average yield and a bumper crop. With this in mind, Australian cotton growers constantly seek insights for improved strategies to optimise their crops throughout the life...
Simulated Time to Estimated First Flower – STEFF
Developed by CSD, the STEFF algorithm and climate analysis model offers guidance to growers and agronomists in predicting first flower dates. The algorithm that drives STEFF is powered by the CSD Ambassador Network dataset, made possible due to the vast network of...
End of Season Considerations
End of Season ConsiderationsAt this point in the season, many growers have cut-out their crops or are looking to do so in preparation for the end of season. It has been a mixed season with only some regions receiving beneficial rain in storms, with the uncertain...
An Explanation of the Planting Forecast Score
An Explanation of the Planting Forecast ScoreCSD has a number of weather stations with soil temperature sensors placed across many regions of the cotton industry, which form the FastStart™ Soil Temperature Network. These sensors are a real-time measure of the soil...
CSD’s Day Degree Calculator
CSD's Day Degree CalculatorCSD’s online Day Degree Calculator (www.csd.net.au/ddc) uses weather station data from more than 89 weather stations across New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Northern Territory and Western Australia based on daily maximum and...
Short Season Pitfalls
Short Season PitfallsPLANTING CHALLENGES There are two main factors that will influence the success of your establishment. This is a combination of your soil temperature at 10cm depth at 8am and forecast temperatures at the time of imbibition. Research by Constable...