🌿 Crop Management & Yield
Important information on canopy management, prevention of flower and boll shedding, detopping, defoliation and expected yield of American cotton.
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🌿 Canopy Management
🌱 Mepiquat Chloride
Spray Mepiquat Chloride at 20 grams active ingredient per hectare, 60 days after sowing.
Active Ingredient
20 g/ha
Application Time
60 days after sowing
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🌼 Prevention of Flower & Boll Shedding
To prevent flower and boll shedding, spray Acimon or Planofix at the recommended concentration.
Dose
2.5 ml/100 litres water
Product
Acimon or Planofix
First Spray
Apply the first spray at the bud formation stage.
Second Spray
Apply the second spray at the boll formation stage.
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✂️ Detopping
🌾 R.S. 875:
In R.S. 875, detopping 35 days after
sowing increases yield.
Variety
R.S. 875
Timing
35 days after sowing
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🍃 Defoliation
Defoliation should be carried out at the recommended stage to help open fully developed bolls.
Drop Ultra
When 50–60% of the bolls have opened, spray Drop Ultra at 50 grams per 150 litres of water per bigha.
Spraying Period
20 October – 15 November
Dose
50 g/150 L water/bigha
🌿 To Control Excessive Growth:
Spray Lyocine at 5 ml per 100 litres
of water 90 days after sowing.
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🌾 Yield
The expected yield varies according to the type of cotton variety.
Non-hybrid Varieties
5–6 quintals/bigha
Hybrid Varieties
7–8 quintals/bigha
📌 Expected Yield:
Non-hybrid varieties: 5–6 quintals per bigha.
Hybrid varieties: 7–8 quintals per bigha.