Abstract

Field experiments were conducted at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during 1991-92 and 1992-93 under irrigated conditions to identify suitable cotton based cropping system under Coimbatore conditions. Results revealed that cotton (MCU 5)-tomato (Co 3) gave a maximum net income of Rs.26,900 and Rs.33, 150 during 1991-92 and 1992-93 respectively. Cotton (MCU'S)- soybean (Co 1) and cotton (MCU 5) - maize (Col) systems also recorded more net income next to the cotton-tomato cropping system.

Keywords: Cotton, Cropping System, Net Return Cotton is grown as a winter crop from August to February in black soil areas of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu under irrigated conditions. After the harvest of cotton crop, the field is kept vacant or an uneconomical crop is raised till next August. With the arm of increasing the cropping intensity and to identify on suitable cropping system, an experiment was conducted to find out the most suitable crop that can be grown profitably after the harvest of winter combodia cotton