EFFECT OF INTERCROPPING, PLANT GEOMETRY AND IRRIGATION METHODS ON SUMMER-IRRIGATED COTTON (GOSSYPIUM SPECIES)

A field experiment was conducted during 1985 and 1986 to study the eff ect of intercrop, plant geometry and irrigation methods on summer-irri gated rice-fallow cotton (Gossypium sp.). Sole crop of cotton sown wit h closer spacing (60 cm x 30 cm) was superior in seed-cotton yield to wider row spacing (75 cm x 30 cm). The differences in yield attributes and yield of seed cotton due to all furrow and alternate-furrow metho ds of irrigation were not significant. The monetary return realized fr om the sole cotton crop was higher than the combined income of the com ponent crops of cotton and greengram (Phaseolus radiatus L.) intercrop ping system.