KVK,WYRA has conducted Kisan mela cum Agricultural exhibition on HDPS cotton held on 12.03.2025

KVK, Wyra has conducted Kisan mela on HDPS Cotton under special cotton project of ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, entitled ‘Targeting Technologies to Agro-Ecological Zones- Large Scale Demonstrations of Best Practices to Enhance Cotton Productivity’, an University flagship programme. Today, the world uses more cotton than any other fiber and has hundreds of uses in our day to day lives. Clothing and household items are the largest uses along with industrial products accounting for many thousands of bales. All parts of the cotton plant are useful. The most important is the fiber or lint which is used in making cotton cloth. Linters is the short fuzz on the seeds provide cellulose for making plastics, explosives and other products. They are incorporated into high quality paper products and processed into batting for padding mattresses, furniture and automobile cushions. The everchanging climatic conditions, shortage of labour, increased incidence of pests and diseases necessitated the need to develop new technologies that can help farmer to generate adequate income without incurring in loss. It is here that High density planting system helps the farmers to over these problems. The ICAR-CICR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research – Central Institute for Cotton Research) in Nagpur has initiated Special project HDPS (High Density Planting System) on cotton to enhance cotton production in India. focus on identification, adaptation, reduce input costs improving productivity, sustainability, and the resilience of cotton farming under diverse conditions and promotion of best agricultural practices suited to the specific environmental and climatic conditions of India providing technical assistance to farmers on encourage the adoption of new technologies and best practices in cotton cultivation. A population of 14814 plants with spacing of 90 cm x 30 cm is maintained and plant growth regulator spraying is carried out with mepiquat choride (PGR) that reduces the internode distance and regulates plant height. This method limits the boll number, maximizes the no. of bolls per unit area and helps to get high yield in the shortest area possible. As the number of bolls per plant are few, the fruiting window or flowering period is short and plants mature early with synchronous bursting producing cotton fibre with good quality. There can be a yield of 12 – 14 quintals and reducing the problems of labour shortage and incidence of pink boll worm. It increases production and net return per unit area. In view of this, KVK, Wyra has organised Kisan mela on “High Density Planting System in Cotton” at KVK, Wyra on 12.03.2025 for creating awareness and popularizing this farmer friendly technology. The farmers were clearly sensitized on the advantages of this fast-growing technology. The meeting was participated by Dr. Veeranna , Principal Scientist (Cotton) created awareness on HDPs cotton scenario, technology advantages and benefits., Dr. K Rukhmini Devi Principal Scientist & Head created awareness on the pulse varieties, production technology and pest management. Dr. V. Venkanna, Principal Scientist (Pl. Br) & Head RARS, Warangal created awareness on the present management practices to be taken in the paddy for getting more yields. Dr.S. Om Prakash, Scientist (Entomology) created awareness on the pest management in paddy and cotton. Mr. D. Pullaiah, JDA, Khammam, Mr. M V Madhusudhan, DHSO, Khammam, Dr.Ramani, ADH, Wyra created awareness on the various schmes and district scenario of the agriculture, horticulture and veterinary. Dr. K. Ravi Kumar, Dr. V Chaitanya, Mrs. P. S. M. Phanisri, with ADAs, MAOs, AEOs of Khammam District, and IV B.Sc. (Ag) students as well as large no. of farmers have participated in the meeting. Veterinary Department, Sericulture Department and Horticulture Department exhibited the technologies. As part of the agriculture exhibition, various stalls were arranged for showcasing the technologies to the farming community and the gatherings. The queries concerning the technology were cleared by the experts.