| With the ingle cropping of cotton as CK, the effect of apricot cotton intercropping on fiber quality charac
teristics and yield of cotton around Tarim Basin was st udied . The results showed that the trend of changes in the yield and its components of cotton was in partial distribution tendency in the apricot cotton intercropping system，which were lower than those in CK. In apricot cotton intercropping, the strength， elongation and Micronaire value of cotton were signifi-cantly reduced, but the fiber length，uniformity，yellowness and CSP of cotton increased obviously in some areas but re-duced in others. The experiment showed that the apricot cotton intercropping had great effect on fiber quality and yield of cotton. |