a combining form meaning âseizure,â used in the formation of compound words: epilepsy. -lepsy.
For Missouri, irrigated cotton should produce around 20 to 22 nodes during the season, while nonirrigated cotton may produce 17 to 18. These values may vary from year to year and field to field, yet they are still a good standard on which to base a decision.
In the second year, inter-nodes expand greatly and the plants flower; this expansion and flowering is called bolting. The application of gibberellins to the rosette will promote bolting during the first year. This hormone-induced bolting allows growers to harvest seeds after one year instead of two.