Vol. 8 (6) : November-December 2017 issue
Green Farming Vol. 8 (6) : 1275-1279 ; November-December, 2017
Nutrient management options for organic cotton production
RUDRAGOUDA F. CHANNAGOUDAa1*, S.B. SALIMATHb2, SHARANAPPA JANGANDIa3 and T.H. GOWDAb4
aKrishi Vigyan Kendra, Babbur Farm, Hiriyur - 577 598, Chitradurga (Karnataka)
bDirectorate of Extension, Navile, University of Agricultural & Horticultural Sciences, Shivamoga - 577 201 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1,2Assistant Professor *(rfc1234@rediffmail.com), 3Professor, 4Director of Extension
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
Paper No. : P-7055
Total Pages : 5
Received : 04 November 2017
Revised accepted : 18 November 2017
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Citation :
RUDRAGOUDA F. CHANNAGOUDA, S.B. SALIMATH, SHARANAPPA JANGANDI and T.H. GOWDA. 2017. Nutrient management options for organic cotton production. Green Farming Vol. 8 (6) : 1275-1279 ; November-December, 2017
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was carried out at Main Agricultural Research Station, University of Agriculral Sciences, Dharwad during kharif, 2010 -11 and 2011-12 to study the nutrient management options for sustainable organic cotton production. The results of the two years pooled data revealed that, combined application of EC (1/3) + VC (1/3) + gliricidia GLM (1/3) equivalent to RDF with foliar spray of panchagavya @ 5% recorded significantly higher kapas yield (1999 kg/ha) over RDF alone. Integrated application of EC (1/3) + VC (1/3) + gliricidia GLM (1/3) equivalent to RDF (Fig. 17) with foliar spray of panchagavya @ 5% recorded significantly higher uniformity ratio (44.65%), fibre length (28.23%), maturity ratio (0.69), bundle strength (22.65 gt) and ginning percentage (35.60%) over RDF + FYM.
Key words :
Available NPK, Cotton, Energy use efficiency, Fibre length, N-fixers, PSM, Yield attributes.