Sowing Methods for Cotton Production

Farooq, Omer; Mubeen, Khuram; Khan, Azhar Abbas; Ahmad, Shakeel

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“…One of the significant factors influencing the healthy vegetative and reproductive (lint yield) growths of cotton crops is the choice of planting technique [64] . The choice of planting technique helps in achieving the desired crop stand and root development by accelerating or otherwise impeding the uptake of available root-zone nutrients by the plant.…”

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<strong>Technological Advancements in Cotton Agronomy: A Review and Prospects</strong>

Adeleke

2024

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Cotton is the most ubiquitous and profitable fiber with diverse industrial and domestic applications. Grown in over 100 countries, it has a global market value of about $40 billion and employs over 350 million people from fields to textile mills, contributing about 7% of total labor-force recruitment in developing economies. Cotton has an indeterminate growth habit and an extensive tap root system affected by soil physicochemical and environmental conditions. There is a consensus among experts that conventional cotton cultivation still has a long way to attain sustainability, which is essential if cotton will maintain its competitive edge over other natural and synthetic fibers like hemp, polyesters, and rayon. Despite several efforts already committed to growing cotton sustainably, sustainability has eluded cotton cultivation globally because of the intense farm inputs (freshwater, pesticides, and heavy-duty equipment) needs, especially in developing economies. Some of the technological advancements towards achieving the goal of sustainable cotton cultivation include the development of new varieties, improved irrigation and mulching and precision agriculture techniques, application of remote sensing and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) combined with image processing, and the introduction of autonomous and multi-purpose robotic platforms for growing and harvesting cotton. This review attempts to evaluate the successes already achieved by stakeholders in moving cotton towards sustainable production and identify areas where efforts are still needed to reach sustainable production and improved profitability goals for cotton with projections for future research directions.

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<strong>Technological Advancements in Cotton Agronomy: A Review and Prospects</strong>

Adeleke

2024

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“…Agronomic factors such as tillage operating mechanisms, unsafe irrigation networks, and different seeding practices cause a reduction in crop production and quality (Farooq et al, 2020). Intense tillage practices to grow cotton deplete soil fertility and texture, resulting in poor crop production (Saharan et al, 2019).…”

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Interactive effects of intercropping and mulching under conservation tillage as sustainable agriculture increased cotton productivity

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Climate change poses a significant risk to food security. Recent floods in Pakistan could serve as an example. In the current climate change scenario, there is a dire need to develop methods that increase crop productivity and reduce the threat of food insecurity in areas with low crop production. A detailed field experiment was conducted to check the effects of intercropping and straw mulching under conventional tillage (CT) and no tillage (NT) systems on soil health indicators and cotton productivity at the experimental area of Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology (KFUEIT), Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan. The main plot treatments comprised CT and NT. The subplot treatments were sole cotton (C1), cotton + mung-bean intercropping (C2), cotton + mung-bean + straw mulching (C3) and cotton + straw mulching (C4) under CT, while sole cotton (N1), cotton + mung-bean intercropping (N2), cotton + mung-bean + straw mulching (N3) and cotton + straw mulching (N4) were the NT subplot treatments. Overall, NT increased plant height by 18.4 %, chlorophyll a and b contents by 28.2 and 21.1%, respectively, mean boll weight by 17.9%, and seed yield by 20.9% compared to CT (P < 0.05). The interaction of tillage and mulching increased plant height by 7.0% under CT and 21.8% under NT in comparison with no mulching. Similarly, straw mulching under NT increased chlorophyll a and b contents by 41.9 and 28.5%, respectively, mean boll weight by 26.9%, and cotton seed yield by 23.0% in comparison with no mulching under NT. Intercropping decreased crop yield without straw mulching but increased it under straw mulching. Further, straw mulching increased soil physicochemical properties under NT, which contributed to increasing crop productivity. We concluded that straw mulching under NT might be a promising practice for enhancing cotton yield, productivity, and soil health in low-productivity areas.

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“…However, cotton productivity is affected by low seed quality, water shortage, high input price, soil fertility depletion [4]. The agronomic factors, including tillage operations, improper irrigation, and sowing techniques, significantly further decrease cotton yield and production [5,6]. Notably, the adoption of intensive tillage and mono-cropping of cotton leads to a depletion of soil health and its productivity [7].…”

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Effect of Short-Term Zero Tillage and Legume Intercrops on Soil Quality, Agronomic and Physiological Aspects of Cotton under Arid Climate

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Habib-ur-Rahman

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A detailed field experiment was carried out to study the effect of conventional and zero tillage and legume intercrops on soil health indicators and cotton productivity and also yield components of leguminous crops at the Research Farm, MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan. The field experiment was comprised of four legume intercrops (no intercrops (sole cotton), mung bean, mash bean, and soybean) and two tillage systems (three years zero tillage (ZT) and long-term conventional tillage (CT)). The CT showed the highest plant height (121 cm), total bolls per plant (22.9 bolls), boll weight (2.74 g) and seed yield (2031 kg ha−1) of the cotton crop, as compared to ZT. The highest leaf transpiration rate (9.28 mmol H2O m−2 s−1), net leaf photosynthetic rate (27.17 µmol m−2 s−1), stomatal conductance (0.493 mmol m−2 s−1), chlorophyll content (62.3 SPAD value), plant height (123 cm), total bolls per plant (24.4), boll weight (2.83 g), and seed yield (2090 kg ha−1) of cotton crop were recorded when it was grown as a sole crop, as compared to legume intercrops. However, soil organic matter (0.77%), phosphorus (8.08 mg kg−1), potassium (253 mg kg−1), and microbial population (7.26 × 106 Cfu) were higher in ZT than in CT. Mung bean showed a maximum number of pods (32), seed yield (173 kg ha−1), biomass (950 kg ha−1), and harvest index (19.0%), when intercropped with cotton. The highest land equivalent ratio and area time equivalent ratio were recorded in mung bean and cotton intercropping, grown under a CT system. Furthermore, the maximum benefit-cost ratio was recorded in mung bean and cotton intercropping, over sole cotton cropping under CT (1.75) and ZT (1.67) systems. The ZT and intercropping of leguminous crops with cotton might be a promising option for increasing the seed cotton yield, seed yield of leguminous crops, system profitability, and sustainability of soil health.

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Sowing Methods for Cotton Production

Cited by 8 publications

References 28 publications

<strong>Technological Advancements in Cotton Agronomy: A Review and Prospects</strong>

<strong>Technological Advancements in Cotton Agronomy: A Review and Prospects</strong>

Interactive effects of intercropping and mulching under conservation tillage as sustainable agriculture increased cotton productivity

Effect of Short-Term Zero Tillage and Legume Intercrops on Soil Quality, Agronomic and Physiological Aspects of Cotton under Arid Climate

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