Husbandry of fibre crops.
Agricultural science SSS1 Second Term.
WEEK 9
Husbandry of fibre crops.
Performance objectives.
Students should be able to;
- State major husbandry practices of fibre crops.
Content.
COTTON (Gossypium spp)
Cotton is a fibre crop and belongs to the plants family called Malvaceae.It produces cotton lint a white fibre used in textile industries.
Land preparation:
The land is cleared with cutlass or mechanically ploughed and harrowed to make it soft for the planting of cotton seeds.
Varieties of cultivars:
Gossypium hirsitum, Gosspium vitifolium, Ishan type, samaru, Gosspium peruvianum (meko cotton).
Climatic and soil requirements:
Cotton requires a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius to 35 degrees Celsius, rainfall of 65 cm -125 cm per annum, abundant sunlight and a very rich deep, loamy or clay-loamy soil.
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