Cotton is a soft, fluffy fiber that grows in a boll around the seed of cotton plants. It is an economically important crop used for textiles, cooking oil from seeds, and animal feed. The four major species of domesticated cotton are Gossypium hirsutum, G. barbadence, G. herbacium, and G. arboreum. Key steps in cotton production include soil preparation, planting, growth stages, and picking. Factors like pests, diseases, weeds, and climate impact cotton yields.

5. Cotton Is a soft, Fluffy Fibre Staple That Grow in a boll
around the seed of cotton plant under natural the cotton boll
will tend to increase the dispersion of seed.

6. Economic Importance
of
Use for Fibre ( Use inTextile Industry)
Use for cooking Oil( About 70% cooking oil Industry based on Cotton Seed
Use forAnimal Feed cotton seed Cake( Khal Banola)

7. ORIGIN AND SPECIES
Cotton belongs from species Gossypium and the Family Malvacaeae.
This genus contain more than 20 species including wild and domesticVarieties.
There are four major domestic speciesOf Cotton
i. Gossypium Harisutum
ii. Gossypium Barbedence
iii. Gossypium Harbacium
iv. Gossypium Arborium

8. • America
• China
• India
• Uzbekistan
• Pakistan
Cotton Is the Major Cash
Crop. Pakistan is the 5th
Largest producer of
cotton inWorld.

9. Cotton Production Depends On Climate
Cotton Production Depends on ClimateThat why divide areas which is Best for cotton and not
best for cotton
Core Zone Areas Non Core Zone Areas
Following Areas are Best for
cotton Production
Following Area’s is not good for
cotton Production
DistrictVehari DistrictOkara
District Rahimyar khan District Sahiwal
District Multan District Pakpattan
District Bhawalnagar District Faisalabad
District Bhawalpur District kasoor

10. Cotton Production
Major Step Involve in Cotton Production
Soil
Preparation
Sowing of
Seed
Growth
Stages
Picking

11. Soil Preparation
Following Step involve in Soil Preparation
 Maintaining Soil Conditions
 Tillage Practices
 Fertilizer

12. Soil Condition
There are the following Soil condition
necessary for Cotton Crop
• Soil should be loamy
• Present proper Nutrient
• No water loged soil
• PH of soil from 5.5-6 and maximum range
is 8.5

13. oFirst step involve in seed bed preparation is the removing of stubles and
residues of the previous crop . A rotawaiter is often usen For this purpose.
oPlough the field with deep plough with Disc’s each time to make the soil
Loose, Fine, Leveled For sake of Succesful Germination.

14. Fertilizer• 2.5 Bags of Nitrogen at time of Sowing.
• 2-3 Bags Of urea at different stages.
For Example Squaring,Flowering And
Boll Formation Stages
• Potassium and micronutrients( Boron)
addes on base of soil analysis.
( Boron is very important For soil fertility).

15. SPRAY’S
In 100 Liter Water Use
 Boric Acid 17% -300gm/acre
 Zinc Sulphate33%- 250gm/acre
 MgSO4 - 500g/Acre
RecommendedTime For Spraying
Morning or Evening is bestTime for Spraying
Pesticides

16. Seed selected for sowing is free of Cuts,
Damage and Disease etc.
FUZZY SEED NON-FUZZY SEED
Ginned Seeds ChemicalTreated Seed
 75% Germination (8kg/acre)
 60% Germination (10kg/Acre)
Fuzzy Seed Rate 100/kg
 75% Germination (6kg/acre)
 60% Germination (8kg/acre)
Non-Fuzzy Seed Rate 180/kg

17. Why Non-Fuzzy Seed Is Preffered
Less Seed Used
More Germination
LessTime Required ForGermination
Just One seed at one Place
Suitable For Drill Sowing
Dates (P)(P) Distance (R)(R) Distance Plant Population
1st to 30 April 12-15 Inch 27.6 Inch 14000-17500Plant/Acre
1st to 30 May 6-9Inch 27.6 Inch 23000-35000Plants/Acre

18. Life Cycle Of Cotton Plant
Seed
Seedling
Small Plant
Plant
Flowering

19. IRRAGATION
Artifical application of water is known as Irrigation
Line Sowing
Bed Sowing
Pre-Caution: In Case ofWheat Growing After cotton so the Last irrigation
apply to cotton till 15 October.
Water Scouting: Enter IntoThe FieldAnd Select 6 Plant Randomly forWater
Requirement.
.
30-35 days after Sowing Remaining irrigation within 12-15 days interval
3-4 Days after Sowing Remaining irrigation within 6-7 days interval
1st Plant 2nd Plant 3RD Plant 4th Plant 5th Plant 6th Plant
Top Leaf wilt
need water.
If 1/3 of stem is
red colour It
means needed
water.
If stem tom
Dry it mean
need Water.
Checking Plant
soil Dry or
Not..
If the distance
between buds
decrease it
means need
water.
If the Plant on
Flowering
Stage it means
no need of
Water.

20. Factor Effect the Cotton
Production
There are the Following Factor effect the cotton production
 Low seed germination about 60%
 Oil inside the seed is heat-up and effect the germination
 ChemicalTreatment for Delinting effect the fertility of Seed
 Poor Quality of Pesticides, Herbicides and Fertillizers.

21. IMPACT OFWEEDS
WEEDS: Any plant out of its proper place is known as weeds
There are following Impact of weeds on crop
Host for insects and pests
Compete with crop forWater, Nutrient and Space
Increasing Labour Cost
Weeds release Allelochemicals From roots
WEEDS OF COTTON:
Itsit
 Swanki
Dheela
 Madhani Grass
 Hazaar Daani
Khabal

22. Insect Pest 0f Cotton
1) Army Bollworm
2) White Fly
3) Jassid
4) Pink Bollworm
5) American Bollworm
6) Aphid Mites

23. • Branches and cotton Blight
• Bacterial Leaf Blight
• Boll Rot
• Plant Wilt
• Root Rot
• CLCuV

24. Two-ThreeTimes picking per Season.
Picking Start From Sep-December.
Cotton picked by both manually or
Machanically.

25. • Usually Cotton yield Record is
1800-2200kg per acre in Pakistan
• Cotton Seed Contain About 35%
Oil Content and almost 35% protein