Abstract

The field experiment was carried out at MARS, Dharwad during kharif seasons of 2010–11 and 2011–12 to study the effect of organic farming practices on quality parameters of cotton. The results of the two years ’pooled data revealed that combined application of compost (50%)+vermicompost (50%) equivalent to RDF recorded significantly higher values of ginning per cent (34.26%), uniformity ratio (45.62%) and lower fibre fineness (3.71 g) over FYM @ 5 t/ha+RDF integrated application of compost (50%)+vermicompost (50%) equivalent to RDF+gliricidia GLM with surface application of jeevamrutha @ 500 l/ha recorded significantly more fibre length (35.62 mm), ginning per cent (34.60%) and lower fibre fineness (3.63 g) over RDF alone and FYM+RDF.