Vol. 10 (1) : January-February 2019 issue
Green Farming Vol. 10 (1) : 89-92 ; January-February, 2019
Evaluation of micro environment of Bamboo greenhouse in Konkan region
S.K. JAINa1* and P.P. CHAVANb2
aDepartment of Farm Structures, bDept. of Electrical & Other Energy Sources, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dapoli - 415 712, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)
Designation : 1Professor & Head *(jsandeep1967@gmail.com), 2Asstt. Professor
Subject : Agriculture Engineering, Farm Machinery, Energy & Power and Process Engineering
Paper No. : P-7531
Total Pages : 4
Received : 25 January 2019
Revised accepted : 01 February 2019
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Citation :
S.K. JAIN and P.P. CHAVAN. 2019. Evaluation of micro environment of Bamboo greenhouse in Konkan region. Green Farming Vol. 10 (1) : 89-92 ; January-February, 2019
ABSTRACT
Konkan is hot and humid coastal region of Maharashtra, India. It enjoys the benefits of tropical humid climate throughout the year due to vicinity to seashore. This climate is favorable for production of various fruits and vegetables.
The bamboo greenhouse structure was designed for vegetable production in Konkan region. It was designed for structural strength for various load combinations like Dead load, live load, wind load and crop load as given in IS 875:1987 Part-1. The species of bamboo abundantly found in Konkan viz. Bamboosa bambus and Dendrocalamus stocksii were used for development of bamboo greenhouse. The bamboo greenhouse developed for vegetable production is of size 8 m x 24 m and central height 4.8 m. The developed bamboo greenhouse sustains live load, wind load and crop load. The cucumber crop load was found to be 13.19 N/m2. It was found that the temperature inside bamboo greenhouse was 15.18 % higher and relative humidity was 15 % lower than outside bamboo greenhouse.
Key words :
Bamboo, Bamboo greenhouse, Greenhouse technology, Konkan region, Vegetable production.
