Application of Potassium Nitrate Influenced Yield, Nutrient and Water Use Efficiency and Profitability of Gossypium herbaceum in Canal Irrigated Region of Western India

Authors

  • Babloo Sharma Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jaisalmer-1, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan (345 001), India
  • Bhupender Singh AICRP on Use of Saline Water in Agriculture, Agriculture Research Station, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, Rajasthan (334 006), India
  • Pratibha Kumari Krishi Vigyan Kendra Aurangabad, Bihar Agricultural University, Siris, Aurangabad, Bihar (824 112), India
  • Reena Kumari Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, N.M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat (396 450), India
  • Charu Sharma Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jaisalmer-1, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan (345 001), India
  • Atul Galav Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jaisalmer-1, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan (345 001), India
  • Deepak Chaturvedi Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jaisalmer-1, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan (345 001), India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23910/2/2025.5517

Keywords:

Cotton, input use efficiency, potassium nitrate, yield

Abstract

The study was carried during April to October, 2022 in Srigangangar district of Rajasthan, India, at randomly selected farmer's field with two treatments to validate the efficiency of potassum nitrate in cotton crop. Previous studies have highlighted the benefits of potassium nitrate for cotton crops under controlled conditions at research centers. However, these results have yet to be validated in farmers' fields irrigated by the Western Canal. Productivity of cotton at farmers’ field is low as compare to its potential because of shortage of irrigation water is common in canal irrigated area. In first treatment foliar application of potassium nitrate @ 2% at flower initiation and ball formation stage with recommended dose of fertilizer however in second treatment there was no use of potassium nitrate with recommended dose of fertilizer. The results revealed that the seed cotton yield and lint percent were improved with two foliar application of potassium nitrate @ 2% at flower initiation and ball formation stage. Two foliar application of potassium nitrate @ 2% at flower initiation and ball formation stage increased partial factor productivity of applied nutrient, water use efficiency and water economic productivity as compared to control. Higher net realization and B:C ratio were obtained with foliar application of potassium nitrate @ 2% at flower initiation and ball formation stages as compare to control. Therefore, it is suggested that foliar application of potassium nitrate can be helpful to increase cotton yield, resource use efficiency and higher returns in farmers’ fields of canal irrigated area of ​​western India.

Downloads

Published

21-03-2025

How to Cite

Sharma, B., Singh, B., Kumari, P., Kumari, R., Sharma, C., Galav, A., & Chaturvedi, D. (2025). Application of Potassium Nitrate Influenced Yield, Nutrient and Water Use Efficiency and Profitability of Gossypium herbaceum in Canal Irrigated Region of Western India . International Journal of Economic Plants, 12(Mar, 2), 01–06. https://doi.org/10.23910/2/2025.5517

Issue

Vol. 12 No. Mar, 2 (2025)

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2025 PP House

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Articles published are made available as open access articles, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Creative Commons License

This journal permits and encourages authors to share their submitted versions (preprints), accepted versions (postprints) and/or published versions (publisher versions) freely under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license while providing bibliographic details that credit, if applicable.