Sowing Time
15 May-15 June & Rainfed Cotton sown with the
onset of monsoon.
Type Seed
Rate Spacing Deshi Cotton 10 - 18 Kg/Ha 60 cm x 30 cm American Cotton 15-25
kg/Ha 60 cm x 45 cm Hybrid Cotton 2-3 kg/Ha 100 cm x 60 cm Bt Cotton 1-1.5 kg/Ha 100 cm x 100 cm *Nimar & Malwa Zone Spacing 60 cm x 120 cm ,75 cm
x 120 cm
Conditions &
Stages Michorrhiza Granule Urea 46-0-0 Katra Nano Mono Potassium Phosphate
0-52-34 Katra Nano Potassium Sulphate 0-0-50 Rainfed Varieties Basal 10 Kg 85 Kg 75 Kg 25 Kg 45 DAS - 85 Kg - 25 Kg Hybrids Basal 10 Kg 60 Kg 80 Kg 25 Kg 45 DAS - 55 Kg - 25 Kg 65 DAS - 55 Kg - - Irrigated Varieties Basal 10 Kg 120 Kg 100 Kg 45 Kg 45 DAS - 120 Kg - 45 Kg Hybrids Basal 10 Kg 85 Kg 100 Kg 45 Kg 45 DAS - 85 Kg - 45 Kg 65 DAS - 85 Kg - -
§ Fruit Borer Helicoverpa armigera ü Neem
Extract Azadirachtin 1000 EC 1.7 ml/lit of water ü Banlarva (Emamectin Benzoate 5 % SG) 4 g/10 lit of water ü Flemingo (Emamectin Benzoate 3% + Thiamethoxam 12% WDG) 0.4 - 0.5 g/ ltr of water
ü Bell (Fipronil 5 % SC) 2-5 ml/lit of water
§ Pink
Bollworm Pectinophora
gossypiella ü
Phosalone 35% EC 5 ml/ltr of
water
ü Triazophos 40% EC 6 ml/ltr of water
§
Spotted Bollworms Earias vittella
& Spiny Bollworm Earias insulana ü
Chlorantraniliprole
18.5% SC 0.4 ml/ltr of water ü
Flubendiamide 39.35% SC
0.3 ml/ltr of water ü
Indoxacarb 14.5% SC 1.5
ml/ltr of water ü
Phosalone 35% EC 5 ml/ltr of
water ü Triazophos 40% EC 6 ml/ltr of water
ü
Profenofos 50% EC 4-5
ml/ ltr of water
§ Cotton
Aphid Aphis gossypii , Thrips
- Thrips tabaci & White Fly
Bemisia tabaci ü Banlarva (Emamectin Benzoate 5 % SG) 4 g/10 lit of water ü Flemingo (Emamectin Benzoate 3% + Thiamethoxam 12% WDG) 0.4 - 0.5 g/ ltr of water ü Bell (Fipronil 5 % SC) 2-5 ml/lit of water
ü KARGIL (Imidachloprid 30.5 % SC) 1.6 ml/Litre of Water
§ Red Cotton
Bug Dysdercus cingulatusi
ü Spray Phosphamidon 100 EC 0.6 ml/lit of water
§ Mealy bugs Phenacoccus sp, Ferrisa spand Maconellicoccus sp ü Neem
Extract Azadirachtin 1000 EC 1.7 ml/lit of water
ü Dimethoate or
Profenophos 2ml/lit
§ Fusarium Wilt - Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum & Verticillium Wilt
- Verticillium dahliae ü FUNGUS-G 1.5 g/ litre of water ü Haldi-Baan 1.5 ml/ litre of water ü DEFENSE (Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP) 2g/ litre of water ü K-SULF (Sulphur 80% WDG) 3g/ litre of water ü ZEB-75 (Mancozeb 75% WP) 2g/ litre of water
ü LAXYCO (Metalaxyl 8% + Mancozeb 64% WP) 2g/ litre of water
ü Treat the acid-delinted seeds with DEFENSE (Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP) 2g/kg
§ Alterneria Leaf Blight Alternaria macrospora ü DEFENSE (Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP) 2g/ litre of water ü ZEB-75 (Mancozeb 75% WP) 2g/ litre of water
ü LAXYCO (Metalaxyl 8% + Mancozeb 64% WP) 2g/ litre of water
Two to three sprays may be given at 15 days
interval.
§ Bacterial Blight Xanthomonas campestris p.v
malvacearum ü
Delint the
cotton seeds with concentrated sulphuric acid at 100ml/kg of seed. ü Treat the acid-delinted seeds with DEFENSE (Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP) 2g/kg
ü
Soak the
seeds in 1000 ppm Streptomycin sulphate overnight.
§
Tobacco Streak Virus
ü
Spray
Acephate 3 ml/ltr of water
