Cotton Fifteenth to sixteenth week practices

Second harvesting is done during this @ 10-11am when there is moisture so that dry leaves and bracts do not stick to the kapas and lower the market value. 

Pick kapas from well brust ball only.

Cercospora leaf spot: Cercospora gossypina

Symptom

• Round or irregular grayish spots
• Dark brown or blackish borders appear on older leaves

Management

• Remove and destroy the infected plant residues.
• Spray Mancozeb or Copper oxychloride at 2kg/ha at the intimation of the disease.

Note: – Two to three sprays may be given at 15 days interval