PERFORMANCE OF NUTRIENTS ON COTTON GROWN IN POLYPROPYLENE BAGS

Dhaneshwar B Patil*, Sahab Kumar Patel, Gopilal Anjana, Sumit Kakade, Ankit Khichi, Vishal Raut, Moni Thomas and Niraj Tripathi

Email: dhaneshwarpatil9393@gmail.com

Received-09.12.2021, Revised-04.01.2022, Accepted-15.01.2022

Abstract: A field investigation to evaluate the impact of foliar spray of nutrients (NPK, micronutrients and NPK + micronutrients) on Bt-cotton was conducted in the research field of Jawaharlal Neharu Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (JNKVV), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India during July-2020 to January-2021. Foliar spray of NPK, micronutrients and NPK + micronutrients was the three treatments evaluated against the control. The plants growth indicators recorded were plant height, thickness of stem and number of sympoidal branches; while yield indicators were number of bolls, width of bolls, fibre+seed cotton yield and plant biomass as fuelwood. The mean plant height (MPH) was highest (67.6cm) for micronutrients on 55^th day after sowing (DAS) i.e., before the foliar spray of treatments. The MPH was highest on plants treated with NPK. It was 113.7cm, 132.4cm and 137.6cm on 85^th, 130^th and 180^th DAS. Similarly, the highest mean thickness of stem (14.67mm), mean number of sympoidal branches (29.71 plant^-1), mean number of bolls (62.14 plant^-1), mean width of boll (36.50mm), mean weight of fibre+ seed (270.00g) and mean weight of plant biomass (727.14g plant^-1) was also recorded under foliar spray of NPK. There was no significant difference among the treatments for mean thickness of stem and mean weight of fibre+seed.

Keywords: Cotton, Polypropylene bags, Doubling of farmers income, Nutrients, Foliar application, stem thickness

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