Advisory for prevent flower drop in cotton
- In month of September, we have observed many areas of cotton suffered from the flower drop.
Main factor responsible for flower drop:
- Nutrient imbalance in plant.
- Excessive vegetative of crop and less aeration.
- Less pollination
- cloudy weather and drizzling of rain etc.
Management
- Immediate spray of NAA(planofix)5 ml + boron @20 g + fluvic acid@ 40 ml/15 liters of water.
- Spray 2% DAP (200g/10 lit of water) + NAA (planofix)5 ml/15 liters of water.
- Need base spray should be taken depend on incidence of sucking/bollworm and fungal incidence.
- Apply split dose of nutrient.