Demonstration and evaluation of the effect of different dates of removal of cotton sticks on the yield of wheat in standing cotton.

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the staple food of Pakistan. Planting of wheat after 20th of November reduces its productivity. Wheat planting is delayed due to late picking of cotton. A field experiment was c onducted during winter seasons 2011-12 and 2012-13. The effect of different dates of removal of cotton sticks on the yield of wheat as relay crop sown in standing cotton was evaluated at Adaptive Research Farm Rahim Yar Khan. Four different dates (removal of cotton sticks 40 days after sowing wheat i.e 20 th