Conditions necessary for growing cotton
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- Grown mostly in the Deccan Plateau, cotton is a tropical or subtropical crop that occurs in semi-arid regions of the nation.
- Cotton cultivation is negatively impacted by hard frost, which necessitates at least 210 frost-free days.
- It is preferable to only have modest rainfall (50 to 100 centimeters). It is possible to grow cotton in an irrigated environment.
- For growth, it needs bright sunshine and a high temperature.
- A clear sky is necessary for cotton to flower.
- To cultivate the crop, it needs light, well-drained soil that can hold onto moisture. The ideal cotton soil is black.
- It takes six to eight months for this Kharif crop to reach maturity.
Largest nation that produces cotton
- India is now the nation that produces the most cotton.
- Prior until this, China was the top cotton grower, with India coming in second.
India's principal cotton-producing states
- India is divided into three regions that grow cotton: the plateaus of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu in the south; portions of Punjab, Haryana, and northern Rajasthan in the north-west; and Gujarat and Maharashtra in the west.
- India's top producers of this crop are Maharashtra, Telangana, and Gujarat.
- Important cotton-producing states include Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.
Comparing Indian and American Cotton
- In the northwest of the nation, India grows "narma," or long-staple American cotton, in addition to short-staple Indian cotton.
Cotton production per hectare
- In the country's northwest, the output of cotton per hectare under irrigation is high. under Maharashtra, where it is produced under rainfed circumstances, its yield is quite low.
