The goal of this project is to increase the efficiency, profitability, and sustainability of cotton production in Georgia by increasing nutrient and water use efficiency. The project is evaluating management practices that can be applied at large scales and that increase nutrient and irrigation water use efficiencies while increasing yields. Findings from the previous years of this study and by the modeling work conducted by Ms. Shelby Sangster with the DSSAT CSM-CROPGRO-Cotton crop growth model during her M.S. research, the project is currently focusing on applying in-season nitrogen using fertigation and irrigation scheduling using the SmartIrrigation Cotton App.
Project Graduate Student: Shelby Sangster (M.S.)
Funded by the Georgia Cotton Commission