Influence of weather variability, plant density and fertilizer regimes on growth and yield of cotton under rainfed condition

A field experiment was carried out during kharif seasons of 2013-14 and 2014-15 at Research farm of AICRP for Dryland Agriculture, Dr. PDKV, Akola to study the growth and yield of cotton under weather variability, plant density and fertilizer regimes under rainfed condition. The experimental was laid out in split plot design with eighteen treatment combinations in three replications. The soil of experiment was Inceptisols clayey in texture having pH 8.1, organic carbon (0.54%), available nitrogen (187.3 kg ha-1), available phosphorus (14.8 kg ha-1) and available potassium (316.0 kg ha-1). The pooled results indicated that seed cotton and stalk yield was significantly higher in monsoon sowing, 200% plant density and in 200% RDF.