Impact of organic farming practices on quality parameters ofcotton

摘要

The field experiment was carried out at MARS, Dharwad during kharif seasons of 2010-11 and 2011-12 to study the effect of organic farming practices on quality parameters of cotton. The results of the two years' pooled data revealed that combined application of compost (50%)+vermicompost (50%) equivalent to RDF recorded significantly higher values of ginning per cent (34.26%), uniformity ratio (45.62%) and lower fibre fineness (3.71 g) over FYM @ 5 t/ha+RDF integrated application of compost (50%)+vermicompost (50%) equivalent to RDF+gliricidia GLM with surface application of jeevamrutha @ 500 1/ha recorded significantly more fibre length (35.62 mm), ginning per cent (34.60%) and lower fibre fineness (3.63 g) over RDF alone and FYM+RDF.