Plastic mulching works for cotton

摘要

While environmentalists cry hoarse over plastic mulching practices in cro9p cultivation,scientists argue that the practice would help enhance the practice would help enhance the vigour and yield while controlling weed growth in cotton.To demonstrate this,the regional station of the Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) in Coimbatore has,on an experimental bais,raised the crop by using plastic mulch of varying thickness (microns)