A new cropping pattern cotton – pulse – paddy was found to be highly economic compared to cotton – rice sequence.
60:30:30 kg NPK/ha applied as 50% of N and the entire P and K as basal and the remaining half applied on 45th day followed by earthing up, gave maximum yield in summer irrigated cotton.
Clipping of apical buds from 15th node e., on 75-80 day of sowing arrests excessive vegetative growth and promotes boll development.
Sowing of rice fallow cotton in seed row tillage after the harvest of paddy gives higher seed cotton yield.
Cotton sown on ridges followed by earthing up on 40th day reduced the incidence of stem weevil.
