“…It is commonly understood that flowers appearing during July and August cannot produce good quality lint due to the poor opening of harvestable bolls under the prevalence of high temperatures during this growth period (Dong, Zhang, Tang, Li, & Li, 2005a;Dong, Li, Tang, Li, & Zhang, 2005b;Ali et al, 2010;Tariq et al, 2017). Thereby, early planting during March may reduce the chance of adverse effects of early and mid-season high temperatures (Pettigrew, 2002;Khan, Khaliq, & Ahmad, 2004;Ali et al, 2009;Usman et al, 2009;Wajid et al, 2010;Ali, Hameed, Ahmad, Shahzad, & Sarwar, 2014a;Ali et al, 2014b).…”