Soil management and tillage practices for growing cotton crop

Abstract

For cultivation of crops, among all soil adaptive practices, tillage has been considered a fundamental crop-growing practice for centuries to clear and soften the soil. Due to changing climatic conditions and perturbation of resources, there is a need to implement soil adaptive practices and improve tillage practices to ensure security of food and guaranteed fiber production to achieve zero hunger. This chapter covers the influences of climate change and important soil adaptation and tillage practices especially for cotton crop. Our goal was to provide a framework regarding factors responsible for low cotton yield and soil adaptations that can improve cotton productivity. We attempt to highlight possible negative effects of climate change, i.e., high temperature, greenhouse gas emission, drought stress, salinity stress, insect/pest/disease attack, and primary techniques to mitigate climatic adverse effects on cotton crop. Keeping the current scenario, we suggest that advance research is still required to address the adverse effects of climate through better implementation of soil adaptations.