Farooq Yaseen, Rashid Waqas, Muhammad Arshad

Value Added Organic Fertilizer

For Enhanced Cotton Production

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is one of the main cash crops of Pakistan. It has played a significant role in industrial development and employment generation. It is known as backbone of Pakistan s economy. Its impact on the economic development of the country is well established and it is rightly known as silver fiber of Pakistan. It occupies the 2nd position with respect to cultivated area in the country. During 2007-08 the cotton production was 12 million bales from an area of 3.05 million ha (Anonymous, 2008). Chemical fertilizers which have nutrients available, can provide sufficient nutrients to the crops, but their cost and constrains frequently deter farmers from using them in recommended quantities and balanced proportions. Moreover, limited availability of chemical fertilizers and their high cost are making their use difficult for the farmers. No doubt, use of chemical fertilizer provides essential nutrients for crop improvement to obtain higher yields; however, data ofrecent years reflect that the crop yields in Pakistan are almost stagnant. This situation warrants the use of organic sources of nutrients.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 84
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783847335818
• ISBN-10: 3847335812
• Artikelnr.: 34739963

Autorenporträt

I have recently completed my M.Sc.(Hons) degree from Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences,University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan under the kind supervision Prof. Dr. Muhammad Arshad (T.I.). I have worked on impact of Organic Fertilizer on Cotton in Toba Tek Singh with company of Rashid Waqas (Research Officer) and got excellent results