Export quality surgical cotton from NE India

摘要

Pesticide free premium quality surgical cotton with a competitive price advantage is available in the north eastern states dominating with Meghalaya, Assam, Mizoram, Tripura, in Jhum cultivation (Gossypium arboreum cernum) and north coastal Andhra Pradesh states, India (G. arboreum indicum) which are the natural home. G. arboreum Cvars LD 230 and RG-8 will be useful to grow commercially in north eastern India under slash and burn system. In north coastal Andhra Pradesh ground nut/ green gram mixed cropping or sequential cropping with chilles with G. arboreum indicum requires adequate manuring (sheep penning, FYM) and topdressing of N: K2O fertilizers 29:38 kg ha-1 besides sheep pennings as topdressing with September rains for both seed and Ratoon crop. Grey mildew is a serious problem in ratooning which needs protective spray of Copper fungicides with September rains. Surgical cotton processing centres can encourage commercial production under contract farming in north eastern India and north coastal Andhra Pradesh which can give a profitable returns of US$ 1000 ha-1.