Vol. 6 (2) : March-April 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (2) : 374-376 ; March-April, 2015
Effect of different mulch materials on biometric characteristics of fig cv. Dinkar
SWAPNIL DNYANESHWAR DESHMUKH1, MEGHA HARIHAR DAHALE2, SUCHITA VIKASKUMAR GUPTA3* and APARNA PECHE4
Deptt. of Horticulture, Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola - 444 104 (Maharashtra)
Designation : 1,4P.G. Student, 2,3Associate Professor *(suchitavgupta@yahoo.co.in)
Subject : Fruit Science and Pomology
Paper No. : P-2456
Total Pages : 3
Received : 11 September 2014
Revised accepted : 02 January 2015
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Citation :
SWAPNIL DNYANESHWAR DESHMUKH, MEGHA HARIHAR DAHALE, SUCHITA VIKASKUMAR GUPTA and APARNA PECHE. 2015. Effect of different mulch materials on biometric characteristics of fig cv. Dinkar. Green Farming Vol. 6 (2) : 374-376 ; March-April, 2015
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted at Central Research Station Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola during the year 2013-2014. The effect of different mulch material on the growth and yield of fig was studied. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with seven treatments such as black polythene, silver polythene, bicolor polythene, dry grass, wheat straw, leaf litter and control (no mulch) and each experiment was replicated three times. The result revealed that tree basin mulch with black polythene sheet of 200 micron followed by dry grass mulch 12 cm thickness showed better results. In respect of biometric characteristics such as length of shoot, leaf area (205.70 cm2) and yield contributing characters like number of fruits per plant (98.67), average fruit weight (46.59 g), average volume of fruit (49.28 cm3), fruit yield (4.60 kg./ plant) and yield per ha.(28.75 q) was maximum under black polythene mulch and minimum in control (no mulch ) plot.
Key words :
Biometric characters, Ficus carica, Growth & yield attributes, Leaf area, Mulching,