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Effect of drip irrigation and polyethylene mulch on yield, quality and water-use efficiency of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)

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Title Effect of drip irrigation and polyethylene mulch on yield, quality and water-use efficiency of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
 
Creator RAINA, J N
THAKUR, B C
VERMA, M L
 
Subject drip irrigation, polyethylene mulch, water-use efficiency, tomato yield, quality
 
Description A 2 year field study was conducted during 1996 and 1997 at Nauni (Solan) on loamy sand Inceptisols to investigatethe effect of drip irrigation and polyethylene mulch compared With the surface irrigatIon, on fruit Yield, quality andwater-use efficiency of 'Naveen' tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum (L.) Miller nom. cons.). Drip irrigation at 0.8 volumeof water (80% evapo-transpiration crop) applied gave significantly higher fruit yield (16.63 tonnes/ha) comparedwith the surface irrigation (11.95 tonnes/ha). Moreover polyethylene mulch plus drip irrigation furher raised the yield to23.25 tonnes/ha. Fruit weight increased significantly while other analysed quality characteristics did not differsignificantly among treatments. Water-use efficiency under drip irrigation alone, drip irrigation plus polyethylenemulch and surface irrigation was 0.34, 0.48 and 0.16 tonne/ha-cm respectively. Drip irrigation besides giving a savingof 54% irrigation water resulted in 40% higher fruit yield compared with the surface irrigation.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2013-01-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/26802
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 69, No 6 (1999)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/26802/12209
 
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