Cotton
Cotton sits in the leaf-curl belt, so Zillon runs from 12-15 days after sowing. The rest of the programme is built from label schedules: Setall for retention and boll set, Winstop against vegetative runaway, Stasis for stress. Field-team sign-off on rates is pending.
Vidarbha · Khandesh · Raichur · Haveri
days after sowing
Before sowing−10 d
- PSR Granules25 kg/acre with basal fertiliserSustained-release soil conditioning before sowing.
Seedling12-15 d
- Zillon2 ml/L (severe infection 3-4 ml/L in 300 L of water per acre)Cotton suffers leaf curl virus: first spray 12-15 days after sowing, the next within 15 days, then at 45 days, before the whitefly-borne virus establishes.
Vegetative30 d
- Zillon2 ml/L (severe infection 3-4 ml/L in 300 L of water per acre)Cotton suffers leaf curl virus: first spray 12-15 days after sowing, the next within 15 days, then at 45 days, before the whitefly-borne virus establishes.
- Setall1-2 g/L foliar, repeat every 10-15 dSix chelated micros plus a cytokinin activator for square retention and boll set.
Square formation45 d
- Zillon2 ml/L (severe infection 3-4 ml/L in 300 L of water per acre)Cotton suffers leaf curl virus: first spray 12-15 days after sowing, the next within 15 days, then at 45 days, before the whitefly-borne virus establishes.
- Setall1-2 g/L foliar, repeat every 10-15 dSix chelated micros plus a cytokinin activator for square retention and boll set.
- Winstop2.5 ml/L, two to three spraysChecks vegetative runaway so assimilate goes to squares and bolls.
Flowering60-75 d
- Setall1-2 g/L foliar, repeat every 10-15 dSix chelated micros plus a cytokinin activator for square retention and boll set.
- Winstop2.5 ml/L, two to three spraysChecks vegetative runaway so assimilate goes to squares and bolls.
- Stasis1-1.5 ml/LSeaweed concentrate against heat and moisture stress through boll fill.
Boll development90-120 d
- Stasis1-1.5 ml/LSeaweed concentrate against heat and moisture stress through boll fill.
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