summary about cotton

Dear Agriculturists,

Agriculture is very vast subject in the form of theory as well as in the form of practical. The students who are doing agriculture always get confused between the seed rate, fertilizer requirement, mode of pollination, sowing and harvesting time, yield of the particular field crop, fruit or vegetable crops. Here we are going to help you to remember these facts about the particular crops in the form of table, which will help you to remember these facts throughout your life. Generally 5-6 questions are asked from these facts of the crops in every agricultural competitive exam. So you should go through the following table in which we are going to discus about Cotton:

Summary About Cotton

Common Name	Cotton
Chromosome No.	2n=26
Botanical Name	Gossypium spp. Desi cotton: G. arbereum, G. herbaceum American cotton: G. Hirsutum, G.barbadense
Sowing Time	1 April to 15 May
Seed Rate	Hybrids : 1kg/acre Desi cotton : 3-5kg/acre
Fertilizer Requirement (N:P:K)	Hybrids :- 30:12:0 per acre Desi cotton:- 60:12:0 per acre
Mode of Pollination	Cross pollinated
Irrigations in DAS	Total : 6 irrigations First – 4 to 6 weeks DAS and subsequent ones at interval of 2 or 3 weeks.
Average yield	9 to 10 quintals/acre
Harvesting Time	November to March
Important points to remember	1. Grow only recommended hybrids Bt cotton varieties. 2. Avoid sowing Bt cotton in light sandy soils. 3. Control sucking pests and tobacco caterpillars only when they attain ETL.