Effect of organic and inorganic mulching on weed density and productivity of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
Use of mulches has been an effective and low cost strategy to increase the yield of vegetable crops. The experiment was conducted at Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research (DIBER), Haldwani in tarai region of central Himalaya. Both organic and inorganic mulches were used on four tomato varieties t...
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| description | Use of mulches has been an effective and low cost strategy to increase the yield of vegetable crops. The experiment was conducted at Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research (DIBER), Haldwani in tarai region of central Himalaya. Both organic and inorganic mulches were used on four tomato varieties to study varietal response to mulching. Results revealed that mulching has significant beneficial effect on fruit yield over control. All the tomato lines used under study responded to mulching treatments and exhibited increase in fruit yield. Weed density was the lowest (2 weeds/m2) in black polythene and the highest in control (80 weeds/m2). Among the inorganic mulches, transparent polythene could not suppress the growth of weeds as the sunlight was available for weeds to grow. Dry weight of weeds under transparent polythene was 56 g/m2, whereas among the organic mulches dry weight of weeds was 108 (dencha husk) to 216 g/m2 (rice straw). Inorganic mulches were found effective in prolonging the crop duration significantly with black polythene almost doubling the duration of fruit availability (62 days) compared to control (32 days). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-03cbdd4e7abb4c1f92a867a5ae08d2702022-12-21T23:58:48ZengElsevierJournal of Agriculture and Food Research2666-15432022-03-017100274Effect of organic and inorganic mulching on weed density and productivity of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)Ankur Agarwal0Om Prakash1Devi Sahay2Madhu Bala3Corresponding author.; Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research, Defence R&D Organization, Goraparao, P.O. Arjunpur, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, 263139, IndiaDefence Institute of Bio-Energy Research, Defence R&D Organization, Goraparao, P.O. Arjunpur, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, 263139, IndiaDefence Institute of Bio-Energy Research, Defence R&D Organization, Goraparao, P.O. Arjunpur, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, 263139, IndiaDefence Institute of Bio-Energy Research, Defence R&D Organization, Goraparao, P.O. Arjunpur, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, 263139, IndiaUse of mulches has been an effective and low cost strategy to increase the yield of vegetable crops. The experiment was conducted at Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research (DIBER), Haldwani in tarai region of central Himalaya. Both organic and inorganic mulches were used on four tomato varieties to study varietal response to mulching. Results revealed that mulching has significant beneficial effect on fruit yield over control. All the tomato lines used under study responded to mulching treatments and exhibited increase in fruit yield. Weed density was the lowest (2 weeds/m2) in black polythene and the highest in control (80 weeds/m2). Among the inorganic mulches, transparent polythene could not suppress the growth of weeds as the sunlight was available for weeds to grow. Dry weight of weeds under transparent polythene was 56 g/m2, whereas among the organic mulches dry weight of weeds was 108 (dencha husk) to 216 g/m2 (rice straw). Inorganic mulches were found effective in prolonging the crop duration significantly with black polythene almost doubling the duration of fruit availability (62 days) compared to control (32 days).http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666154322000072TomatoMulchPolythenePerformanceResource competition |
| spellingShingle | Ankur Agarwal Om Prakash Devi Sahay Madhu Bala Effect of organic and inorganic mulching on weed density and productivity of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Journal of Agriculture and Food Research Tomato Mulch Polythene Performance Resource competition |
| title | Effect of organic and inorganic mulching on weed density and productivity of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) |
| title_full | Effect of organic and inorganic mulching on weed density and productivity of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) |
| title_fullStr | Effect of organic and inorganic mulching on weed density and productivity of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of organic and inorganic mulching on weed density and productivity of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) |
| title_short | Effect of organic and inorganic mulching on weed density and productivity of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) |
| title_sort | effect of organic and inorganic mulching on weed density and productivity of tomato solanum lycopersicum l |
| topic | Tomato Mulch Polythene Performance Resource competition |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666154322000072 |
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