S. Vijayakumar, Gautam Veer Chauhan*, B. Sanjeevareddy, I. Srinivas, J. Prashanth, Ashish D. Satish, L. Harika, D. Suneeth, A.R. Reddy, Chandrakanth M.H. and V.K. Singh
ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad-500 059, Telangana
Krishi Vigyan Kendra-Rangareddy District
Email: gautamveer.chauhan@icar.gov.in
Received-10.07.2024, Revised-04.08.2024, Accepted-29.08.2024
Abstract: Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is a major commercial crop in the rainfed regions of India and accounts for 23% of the total global production, playing a major role in sustaining the livelihood of 6 million cotton farmers, also known as “white gold”.In cotton cultivation lack of awareness among growers about the HDPS method and low adoption of agricultural mechanization Technologies has prevented farmers of Telangana from maximizing production benefits. The study aimedto evaluate the mechanization in the newly developed production technology High Density Planting System (HDPS) of cotton with crop spacing of 90 x 15 cm. The introduction of appropriate machinery operations in HDPS cotton greatly reduced the time up to 82%and labour requirement. The HDPS in combination with the mechanized method increased production per unit area by decreasing plant spacing from 45 x 15 cm and increasing plant density from 9,800 to 29,500 plants per acre. The practices gave maximum yield in HDPS cotton cultivation in the 27-32 q/ha range. The B:C ratio for mechanized HDPS cotton cultivation was 2.64 as compared to 1.44 for conventional cultivation.
Keywords: Cotton crop, Mechanization, Pneumatic planter, Drone, Stalk shredder
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