Vol. 6 (3) : May-June 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (3) : 573-575 ; May-June, 2015
Effect of mulching on flowering, pod yield, water use & water use efficiency of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
B.V.G. PRASADa1*, S. CHAKRAVORTYa2, B.K. SARENb3 and D. PANDAb4
aDivision of Horticulture, Deptt. of Crop Improvement, Horticulture & Agriculture Botany (CIHAB),
bDeptt of ASEPAN, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati Universtiy, Sriniketan - 731 236 (West Bengal)
Designation : 1Ph.D Scholar *(prasadbvg@hotmail.com), 2Associate Professor, 3Professor, 4Assistant Professor
Subject : Vegetable Sciences
Paper No. : P-2565
Total Pages : 3
Received : 27 August 2014
Revised accepted : 06 April 2015
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Citation :
B.V.G. PRASAD, S. CHAKRAVORTY, B.K. SAREN and D. PANDA. 2015. Effect of mulching on flowering, pod yield, water use & water use efficiency of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Green Farming Vol. 6 (3) : 573-575 ; May-June, 2015
ABSTRACT
The response of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cv. Arka Komal to different types (paddy straw, rice husk and saw dust) and quantities (5, 7.5 and 10 t ha-1) of mulches along with no mulch condition was studied at Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, West Bengal during rabi season of 2012-13. The highest pod yield per plant (51.18 g), pod yield per hectare (11.75 t ha-1), water use (153.86 mm) and water use efficiency (76.36 kg ha-1 mm-1) were observed with paddy straw mulch @ 10 t ha-1. Pod yield ha-1 exhibited significant negative linear relationship (-0.756) with water use (WU) and significant positive linear relationship (0.993) with water use efficiency (WUE).
Key words :
French bean, Mulches, Pod yield, Water use, Water use efficiency.
