Agronomic Manipulation on Seed Cotton Yield and Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium uptake in Compact Cotton cv. co 17

Abstract

Cotton (Gossypium spp.), the king of fibre or white gold, is one of the most important commercial crop of India. It is one of the most important cash crops next to food grains that play a vital role in Indian national economy (Patel et al., 2016). In India, cotton is grown over an area 105 lakh hectares with production 351 lakh bales and productivity of 568 kg lint ha -1 (Parikar et al., 2018). Cotton yield can only be increased through proper crop management practices of which optimum nutrient levels and plant population are most