Relay Intercropping Improves Growth and Fiber Quality of Bt Cotton

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dc.authoridHussain, Mubshar/0000-0002-0696-6282
dc.authoridNawaz, Ahmad/0000-0002-8500-1031
dc.contributor.authorShah, Muhammad Asghar
dc.contributor.authorHussain, Mubshar
dc.contributor.authorNawaz, Ahmad
dc.contributor.authorJabran, Khawar
dc.contributor.authorFarooq, Shahid
dc.contributor.authorFarooq, Muhammad
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T13:35:23Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T13:35:23Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentNiğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe optimal time of wheat harvest is the second fortnight of April, while Bt cotton is sown in March in cotton-based cropping systems of Pakistan. There is a time conflict of four to six weeks between harvesting of wheat and sowing of Bt cotton. Relay-intercropping of cotton in wheat crop near to maturity could help to resolve the conflict. The information regarding the effect of relay-intercropping on growth and quality of cotton is scanty. This two-year study compared the growth and fiber quality of relay-intercropped Bt cotton (sown in early/late March) in standing wheat crop with conventionally-tilled (CT) cotton planted after wheat harvest in late April. The relay-intercropped cotton was sown on ridges/beds in wheat, whereas CT cotton was sown after wheat harvest in late April or sown on fallow land in early or late March at Multan and Vehari sites. The CT Bt cotton grown on fallow land in early March had the best performance as indicated by plant growth and fiber quality. However, the relay-intercropped Bt cotton in bed-sown wheat had better growth and fiber quality than the CT cotton planted after wheat harvest in late April. At both sites, the taller plants and higher biomass production were recorded in relay-intercropped Bt cotton in bed-sown wheat in early March as compared with the CT cotton sown after harvest of flat-sown wheat in late April. Fiber firmness, its uniformity, length and strength were also improved in the relay-intercropped Bt cotton in bed-sown wheat in early March as compared to CT cotton sown after wheat harvest in late April. In conclusion, relay intercropping of Bt cotton in the standing wheat during early March improved plant growth and fiber quality in cotton-wheat cropping system. (C) 2019 Friends Science Publishers
dc.description.sponsorshipHigher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors are highly obliged to Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan on providing funding to complete this Ph.D. project.
dc.identifier.doi10.17957/IJAB/15.1232
dc.identifier.endpage1546
dc.identifier.issn1560-8530
dc.identifier.issn1814-9596
dc.identifier.issue6
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85088331526
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage1539
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.17957/IJAB/15.1232
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11480/16457
dc.identifier.volume22
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000504820000038
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFriends Science Publ
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Agriculture and Biology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241106
dc.subjectBt cotton-wheat cropping system
dc.subjectConventionally-tilled cotton
dc.subjectRelay intercropping
dc.subjectAllometry
dc.subjectFiber quality
dc.titleRelay Intercropping Improves Growth and Fiber Quality of Bt Cotton
dc.typeArticle

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