棉花是新疆主要经济作物之一，但近两年来，随着市场变化，棉价下调，新疆棉花生产效益面临严峻的挑战。如何面对市场挑战，稳定发展棉花生产，笔者认为，必须坚持以经济效益为核心，在不影响产量和质量的前提下，从微观技术上对现行农业栽培模式进行部分改进。１　现行栽培技 Cotton is one of the major cash crops in Xinjiang. However, with the market changes and cotton prices lowered in the past two years, the cotton production efficiency in Xinjiang is facing severe challenges. How to face the market challenge and steadily develop cotton production, the author believes that we must adhere to the economic efficiency as the core, and do some improvement on the existing agricultural cultivation mode from the microscopic technical level without affecting the yield and quality. 1 current cultivation techniques