Cotton

follower dropping in cotton

Advisory for prevent flower drop in cotton

  1. In month of September, we have observed many areas of cotton suffered from the flower drop.

Main factor responsible for flower drop:

  1. Nutrient imbalance in plant.
  2. Excessive vegetative of crop and less aeration.
  3. Less pollination
  4. cloudy weather and drizzling of rain etc.

Management

  1. Immediate spray of NAA(planofix)5 ml + boron @20 g + fluvic acid@ 40 ml/15 liters of water.
  2. Spray 2% DAP (200g/10 lit of water) + NAA (planofix)5 ml/15 liters of water.
  3. Need base spray should be taken depend on incidence of sucking/bollworm and fungal incidence.
  4. Apply split dose of nutrient.