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Energy-use efficiency and economic analysis of vegetable cropping sequences under greenhouse condition

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Title Energy-use efficiency and economic analysis of vegetable cropping sequences under greenhouse condition
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Creator NK Hedau
MD Tuti
J Stanley
BL Mina
PK Agrawal
JK Bisht
JC Bhatt
 
Subject B/Cratio, Direct energy, Energy productivity, Renewable energy, Tomato equivalent yield
 
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Under off-seasonality, high-value vegetable
cultivation in the greenhouse is more profitable and
gaining more acceptances day by day. This study aims
to analyze the energy requirement and energy input–
output relationship with the economics of vegetablebased
cropping sequences viz., tomato nursery–tomato–
pepper–onion nursery (CS1), tomato nursery–pepper–
soil treatment–cucumber (CS2), tomato nursery–
tomato–soil treatment–cucumber (CS3), tomato nursery–
cucumber–soil treatment–pepper (CS4), and tomato
nursery–tomato–soil treatment–pepper (CS5) in
greenhouse conditions of Indian sub-Himalayas. The
five sequential treatments were statistically analyzed in
randomized block design with four replications. Results
reveal that cucumber production required highest input
energy (1,059.9 MJ/100 m2) than tomato or pepper.
The highest input (3,477.4 MJ/100 m2) and output
(4,787.5 MJ/100 m2) energy was observed with CS3.
Crop protection (28.9–55.7 %), manures and chemical
fertilizers (17.5–33.1 %), and plant stacking, training
and pruning (16.3–21.9 %) consumed the bulk of the
energy for all cropping sequences. The CS3 with the
highest tomato equivalent yield produced the highest net
energy (1,310.1 MJ/100 m2), energy productivity
(0.63 MJ/100 m2), energy intensiveness (0.297 MJ/
100 m2), and benefit/cost ratio (1.82). Energy consumption
in the form of indirect (70.6–80.2 %) and nonrenewable
(83.9–85.7 %) energy was higher than direct
and renewable energy, respectively. Considering these,
CS3 (tomato nursery–tomato–soil treatment–cucumber)
cropping sequence will be a more suitable option for
greenhouse cultivation.
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Date 2021-08-24T12:12:31Z
2021-08-24T12:12:31Z
2013-11-20
 
Type Research Paper
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/60360
 
Language English
 
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