The Professor & Head,
Cotton Research Station,
Srivilliputhur - 626 125.
Ph. No. 04563 260736
E mail ID: arssvpr@tnau.ac.in
Cotton Research Station, Srivilliputhur is identified as implementing centre for Arjunanadhi sub-basin activities under TNAU. This centre is located in Southern Agro-climatic zone of Tamil Nadu. This centre released six cotton varieties viz., MCU 2, MCU 5, MCU 8, SVPR 1, SVPR 2 and SVPR 3. Among this SVPR 2 is more popular in summer season and it is being cultivated in 80% of the area. This centre also released one sesame variety (SVPR 1) and palmyrah (SVPR 1). Besides, this centre developed the following technologies for summer irrigated cotton.
| S.No | Particulars | 2007 - 08 | 2008 - 09 | 2009 - 10 | 2010 - 11 | 2011 - 12 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drip fertigation in sugarcane(ha) | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | Drip fertigation in banana (ha) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Drip fertigation in coconut in AED | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 4 | Improved production technologies in maize (ha) | 55 | 65 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 150 |
| 5 | Quality seed production (ha) (Rice, Cotton & Green gram) |
50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 6 | Model village and organic farming(ha) | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | SRI in rice (ha) | 250 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 |
| 8 | Improved production technologies in cotton (ha) | 120 | 100 | 110 | 70 | 0 | 400 |
| 9 | Production technology for pulses (ha) (wetland) | 100 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 |
| 10 | Equipments for farm mechanization | Maize husker sheller - 1, SRI Rotary weeder - 2500 | |||||
S.No |
Name of the Intervention |
Yield Details (kg ha-1) |
% Increase over Control |
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2007- 08 |
2008- 09 |
2009-10 |
2010 - 11 |
Mean |
||||||||
Treatment |
Control |
Treatment |
Control |
Treatment |
Control |
Treatment |
Control |
Treatment |
Control |
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1. |
SRI |
6458 |
5272 |
6334 |
5259 |
6307 |
5316 |
7245 |
5866 |
6586 |
5428 |
21.33 |
2. |
IPT in cotton |
2259 |
1697 |
2624 |
2122 |
2193 |
1638 |
2606 |
2150 |
2421 |
1902 |
27.28 |
3. |
IPT in Maize |
7523 |
6821 |
6773 |
6052 |
7546 |
6412 |
-- |
-- |
7281 |
6428 |
13.27 |
4. |
IPT in Rice fallow pulses |
847 |
731 |
901 |
717 |
1196 |
920 |
-- |
-- |
981 |
789 |
24.33 |
5. |
GM - SRI |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
6501 |
5453 |
-- |
-- |
6501 |
5453 |
19.21 |
