Vol. 9 (2) : March-April 2018 issue
Green Farming Vol. 9 (2) : 301-305 ; March-April, 2018
Effect of plastic mulch and supplemental irrigation on growth and yield of black gram (Vigna mungo L.)
CHANDRAKANT Y. MAHALE1*, S.R. BHAKAR2, S.S. LAKHAWAT3, M. KOTHARI4 and B.G. CHHIPA5
Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Technology and Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur - 313 001 (Rajasthan)
Designation : 1P.G. Student *(mahalekcr@gmail.com), 2Professor, 3Associate Professor, 4Associate Professor, 5Assistant Professor
Subject : Water and Natural Resource Management, Water Conservation Engg., Water Harvesting, Farm Pond, Sewage Water, Irrigation
Paper No. : P-7189
Total Pages : 5
Received : 05 March 2018
Revised accepted : 31 March 2018
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Citation :
CHANDRAKANT Y. MAHALE, S.R. BHAKAR, S.S. LAKHAWAT, M. KOTHARI and B.G. CHHIPA. 2018. Effect of plastic mulch and supplemental irrigation on growth and yield of black gram (Vigna mungo L.). Green Farming Vol. 9 (2) : 301-305 ; March-April, 2018
ABSTRACT
The experiment was planned and executed at Plasticulture farm of CTAE, Udaipur (Rajasthan) during June, 2017 to Sep, 2017. The experiment on black gram (Vigna mungo L.) was laid out in Randomized block design with nine main treatments No irrigation with Polypropylene Woven Mulch (PPWM) (T1), Black Plastic Mulch (BPM) (T2), No Mulch (NM) (T3), One irrigation first at 10 days dry spell with PPWM (T4), BPM (T5), NM (T6) and Two irrigation first at 10 days and second 10 days dry spell with PPWM (T7), BPM (T8), NM (T9) with three replications. The minimum depletion of soil moisture was observed in PPWM and BPM compare to NM. The highest soil temperature observed under BPM and PPWM mulch which was 2.2 °C to 3.5°C and 1.3°C to 2.3°C more than the NM. Significant effect of plastic mulch and supplemental irrigation on plant height, number of branches per plant, pods per plant ,seeds yield per plant and yield per ha was observed at all growth stages where one and two irrigations with PPWM and BPM gave superior performance over NM and no irrigation treatments.
Key words :
Black gram, Plastic mulch, Soil moisture, Soil temperature, Supplemental irrigation, Yield attributes.
