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Effect of Saline vis-a-vis Canal Water on Performance of Different Brinjal Genotypes in Loamy Sand Alluvial Soil of Punjab, India.: Brinjal genotype performance under saline groundwater irrigation

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Title Effect of Saline vis-a-vis Canal Water on Performance of Different Brinjal Genotypes in Loamy Sand Alluvial Soil of Punjab, India.: Brinjal genotype performance under saline groundwater irrigation
 
Creator Yadav, Brijesh Kumar
Garg, Naveen
Dhatt, A S
Sidhu, M K
Meena, R L
 
Subject Saline water
Brinjal genotypes
Fruit yield
Nutrient content
Soil enzymes
Soil nutrients
 
Description A two year experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance of different brinjal genotypes under saline groundwater (EC = 4.35 dS m-1) in a loamy sand alluvial soil of south-western Punjab. It was observed that the soil dehydrogenase, acid phosphatase and alkaline phosphatase activity was decreased by 9%, 12% and 18%, respectively, and soil pH1:2, EC1:2, available P and K were higher by 10%, 143%, 6% and 3%, respectively, in soil irrigated with saline groundwater as compared to canal water irrigation. Similarly, the mean numbers of fruits per plant, fruit yield per plant and fruit weight over all genotypes was also 28%, 17% and 24% higher with saline water irrigation. Further, the saline groundwater irrigated plants contained higher nutrient content in leaves and fruits. The leaves from saline groundwater irrigated plants had 6%, 9%, 10% and 10% higher P, Ca, Na and K than those from canal groundwater irrigated plants, whereas, the corresponding increase in fruits was 5%, 6%, 8% and 9%. It was concluded that irrigation with saline groundwater (EC = 4.35 dS m-1) exerts positive effect on plant growth, yield and its contributing traits of most of the brinjal genotypes in a well-drained and low fertility loamy sand alluvial soil due to higher nutrient availability. The maximum yield was recorded by genotype PBS (203 kg ha-1) followed by PBL-215 (152 kg ha-1) in the year 2018 and KBSR-343-1 (426 kg ha-1) followed by BL-2013-4-3-1 (358 kg ha-1) in the year 2019 under saline groundwater irrigation during the study.
 
Publisher Indian Society of Soil Salinity and Water Quality, Karnal (Haryana)
 
Date 2024-07-29
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JoSSWQ/article/view/150644
10.56093/JSSWQ.v16i1.150644
 
Source Journal of Soil Salinity and Water Quality; Vol. 16 No. 1 (2024): JSSWQ; 16-24
0976-0806
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JoSSWQ/article/view/150644/55218
 
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