Cotton cultivation in Rajasthan

• RS 2013
• RS 810
• RST 9
• RS 875
• Ganganagar Ageti
• Bikaneri Narma

• Maru Vikas
• LHH 144

• RG 8
• RG 18

• RAJDH 9

• Sandy loam to clay loam
• One deep ploughing followed by 2-3 harrows

•  loam
• One deep ploughing followed by 2-3 harrows

• Varieties
• Hybrids

30 cm

60cm

30cm

60cm

• FYM
• Nitrogen kg /ha
• Phosphorus kg/ha
• Potash kg/ha
• Zn (On soil test basis)

• 8 tonnes/ha 20-25 days before sowing
• 90 (50% basal & remaining in the first fortnight of August along with irrigation)
• 20 for varieties & 40 for hybrids (Basal)

• 8 tonnes/ha 20-25 days before sowing
• 80 for varieties & 150 for hybrids (50% basal, 25% at 1st irrigation and remaining at the time of square formation along with irrigation)
• 40(Basal)
• 20 (basal)
• 12 kg/ha ZnSO4

• Cultural

• Chemical

• First hoeing after first irrigation & after that 2-3 intercultural with Triphali/cultivator depending upon growth
• Pre-plant or pre-emergence application of trifluralin @1.5kg/ha or pendimethalin @1 kg/ha

• First hoeing after first irrigation & after that 2-3 interculturing with Triphali/cultivator depending upon growth
• Pre-plant or pre-emergence application of trifluralin @1.5kg/ha or pendimethalin @1 kg/ha

2.Black arm (in hirsutum cotton)

3.Cotton leaf curl Virus (in hirsutum cotton)

• Summer deep ploughing
• Use proper crop rotation
• Application of ZnSO4@24kg/ha helps in combating the root rot disease
• Seed treatment with Trichoderma @ 4g/kg seed or Bavistine 0.2% solution or bioagent Pseudomonas flurescens @ 10g/ kg seed and chemical Vitavax (carboxin) 200 WP @ 3g/ kg
• Soil drenching with Tricoderma@10kg/ha mixing with 50 200kg moist FYM(in the fields where root rot is severed )
• Seed soaking in the solution of either Streptocyclin @1g/litre of water or Plantomycin @10g/litre of water for 8-10hrs( not more than 2 hrs in case of delinted seed)
• Spray Streptocyclin 5-10 g or Plantomycin 50-100 g or Copper oxy chloride (0.3%)300 gm in 100 litres of water.
• Use resistant varieties RS 2013, RS 810, all the varieties of desi cotton are free from CLCV disease

Insect control

      American /Desi cotton

• Soil treatment with 24 kg /ha dust of either Quinalphos 1.5% or Methyl parathion 2% or Endosulphan 4%

• Use of resistant varieties RS 2013, RS 810, BN, RST 9
• Use Chrysopa predator @ 40000/ha and repeat it at flowering stage(ETL) if required

• Seed treatment with Imidacloprid 70WS @5g/kg or thiomithoxam 70WS @4g/kg delinted seed
• Foliar spray of either Imidacloprid 200 SL @ 0.2 ml/ l water or Monocrotophos  36SL @ 2.0 ml/ l water or Accephate 70SP @ 2.0 ml/ l water or  Dimethioate 30EC   @ 2.0 ml/ l water or Thiomthoxam 25WG @0.5ml/l water

•  Use of resistant varieties RS 2013, RS 810, BN,
•  Early sowing(15 April to 15May) harbored less population

•  Use Crysopa predator @ 40000/ha and repeat it at flowering stage if required

•  Seedo  Seed treatment with Imidacloprid 70WS 5g/kg or thiomithoxam 70WS @4g/kg delinted seed o Foliar spray of either Neem oil + liquid soap @ (5ml+1ml) l of water or Trizophos 40EC @ 2.5 ml/ l water or Imidaclorpid 200SL @ 0.3 ml/ l water or Methyl demeton @ 2.0 ml/ l water or Acetamiprid 20SP @ 0.4 ml/ l water or Thiochloprid @ 1.0 ml/ l water or Thiomithoxam 25WG @ 0.5 ml/ l water

• Use 5-7 pheromone traps/ha to catch male moths
• Use Crysopa predator @ 50000/ha and repeat it at flowering stage if   required
• Use Tricogramma parasitoid @ 160000/ha in the evening   time and repeat it 3 times at the interval of 7 days

•  Folio Foliar spray of either Monocrotophos 36 SL @ 2.0 ml/ l water or Fenvalarate 20EC @ 1.0 ml/ l water or Endosulphan 35 EC @ 2.5 ml/ l water or Chlorpyriphos 20EC @ 5.0 ml/ l water or Deltamethrin 2.8 EC @ 1.0 ml/ l water or Quinalphos 25EC @ 2.0 ml/ l water or Indoxocarb 14.5SC @ 1.0 ml/ l water

• Use 5 pheromone traps/ha to catch male moths
• Use Crysopa predator @ 50000/ha and repeat it, if required, at the flowering stage
• Use Tricogramma parasitoid @ 160000/ha in the evening time on theappearance of eggs on the crop
• Use of NPV @0.75ml(LE)/lit of water

•  Use NPV @ 0.75 ml(LE)/l water
• Alphamethrin 10EC @ 0.5 ml/lit of water or
• Thaiodicarb 75 SC @ 1.75g/ lit of water
• Quinalphos 25 EC @ 0.5 ml/ lit of water or
• Endosulphan 35 EC @ 2.5 ml/ lit of water or
• Deltamethrin 2.8 EC @ 1.0 ml/ lit of water or
• Ethion 50 EC @ 3.0 ml/ lit of water or
• Beta syfluthrin2.5 EC @ 0.75 ml/ lit of water or
• Chlorpyriphos 20EC @ 5.0 ml/ lit of water or
• Alfamethrin 10 EC @ 0.5 ml/ lit of water or
• Spinosed 45 EC @ 0.33 ml/ lit of water or
• Indoxacarb14.5 SC @ 1.0 ml/ lit of water

• Use 5 pheromone traps/ha to catch male moths
• Seed fumigation with either Aluminum Phosphide o EDB ampule @3g/40 kg seed
• Foliar spray of either Cypermethrin 10EC @ 1.0 ml/ lit of water or Cypermethrin 25EC @ 0.4 ml/ lit of water or Carbaryl 50WP @ 4.5g/ lit of water or Trizophos 40 EC @ 2.5 ml/ lit of water or Endosulphan 35 EC @ 2.5 ml/ lit of water or Deltamethrin 2.8 EC @ 1.0 ml/ lit of water.