In this experiment,'Zhongmian 113'was used as the test variety.After the cotton was soaked with trehalose,melatonin and ascorbic acid,the differences of seedling formation,main agronomic traits,biomass accu-mulation,yield,constituent factors and main fiber quality traits of cotton treated with the three exogenous sub-stances were compared.The results showed that compared with CK treatment,the seedling formation rate of cotton treated with exogenous substances was significantly increased by 1.3%~6.1%.Plant height,stem diameter and branch number were significantly increased by 8.1%~9.2%,10.1%~14.6%and 13.7%~22.2%.The biomass in-creased by 1.6%~20.9%,and the distribution ratio of biomass in the reservoir increased by 3.3%~16.4%.The yield of seed cotton was significantly increased by 11.7%~18.4%.The average length and breaking strength of the upper half of the cotton fiber were above 29 mm and above 29 cN·tex-1,and the Micronaire was grade B.In sum-mary,seed soaking treatments with exogenous substances significantly improved the seedling formation rate,promo-ted the growth and development of cotton plants,enhanced biomass accumulation and distribution,and increased yield,with the 100 μmol·L-1 melatonin treatment having the most pronounced effect.
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