Title: EFFECT OF DIFFERENT MULCHING PRACTICES ON GROWTH, YIELD AND WEED CONTROL IN TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicon L.)
Abstract: The study revealed that the weed density (3.73 m-2 and 5.60 m-2) and weed dry weight (2.37 g m-2 and 7.27 g m-2) were lowest with the use of black polythene mulch whereas control recorded the highest weed density (39.93 m-2 and 42.10 m-2) and weed dry weight (29.37 g m-2 and 74.07 g m-2) at 20 and 40 days after transplanting respectively, similarly highest weed control efficiency (91.93% and 90.18%) was registered with black polythene mulch whereas lowest weed control efficiency (48.95% and 50.21%) was registered with paddy husk mulch at 20 and 40 DAT respectively. Highest weed index (48.38%) was recorded in unweeded control whereas lowest weed index (3.33%) was recorded in reflective polythene mulch.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-02-08
Language: en
Type: dissertation
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