Foliar application of mepiquat chloride and nitrogen improves yield and fiber quality traits of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

• Hasnain Abbas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Ashfaq Wahid,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Abdul Sattar ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: abdulsattar04@gmail.com (AS); liyunzhou2007@126.com (YL)

  Affiliation College of Agriculture, Bahadur Sub-Campus, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Layyah, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4330-9708

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• Shahbaz Atta Tung,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Farrukh Saleem,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Sohail Irshad,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, MNS University of Agriculture Multan, Multan, Pakistan

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• Jawaher Alkahtani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Mohamed Soliman Elshikh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Mumtaz Cheema,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Science and the Environment, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada

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• Yunzhou Li

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: abdulsattar04@gmail.com (AS); liyunzhou2007@126.com (YL)

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2591-7344

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