Effect of tillage and crop establishment methods on yield and economics of cotton
2018
In Haryana (India) cotton is generally sown with conventional tillage practices witnesses
poor germination and plant establishment. Poor plant stand is attributed by burning of
emerging plants due to very high temperature at the time of planting, which is further worsen
by crust formation due to pre-monsoon showers. Keeping these points in view, an experiment
was conducted with farmers' participatory research mode in village Hajwana of Kaithal
district. Cotton sown with zero tillage technique resulted in approximately five percent
higher yield i.e. 136.3 kg ha-1 over conventional tillage. Mean returns over variable cost of all
the three years were 10.8 percent i.e. Rs. 11794 ha-1 more in zero tillage over conventional
tillage. Benefit: cost ratio were 3.86, 3.86 and 4.61 in conventional method of planting, bed
planting and zero tillage technique, respectively. Zero tillage planting of cotton reduced fuel
consumption by 93.4 % and 91.7 % compared to bed planting and conventional planting
respectively.
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