Standardization of Agricultural Practices for High Density Cotton Planting in the Dry Zone

Abstract

As precious as refined white gold Cotton, being a leading natural fibre commodity and a major cash crop in India, is very important to the country's economy. About 5% of GDP, 14% of industrial output, and 11% of total export revenues come from the textile sector. Cotton manufacturing came next, after farming. In order to learn more about the impact of planting pattern, intercrops, and nutrient management practises on the growth and yield of cotton under a high density planting system, field experiments were carried out at KVK, Lucknow farm, Kanpur during kharif 2020 and kharif 2021. Three replicates of a split plot design were used in the experiment to test the effect of different planting radii on different cotton genotypes. The findings showed that the seed cotton yield, net returns, and B:C ratio were all considerably better in plots with a planting geometry of 45 x 10 cm compared to other plot geometries.