Effect of Drip Irrigation and Bicolour Polyethylene Mulch on Growth, Yield and Water Productivity of Cole Crops in Eastern Hill Plateau Region of India
Journal Title: International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research (IJASR) - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 3
Abstract
The study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of drip irrigation (DI), drip irrigation with bicolor polythene mulch (DIM) and furrow irrigation (FI) for the cultivation of cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli in Ranchi, Jharkhand. The irrigation treatments were replicated thrice in a factorial randomized block design. Compared to FI, the plant height, curd initiation, curd weight and yield increased significantly under DIM and DI. The DIM resulted in significantly highest curd yields of 31.25 t ha-1, 26.34 t ha-1 and 10.13 t ha-1 for cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli, respectively while the lowest yields of 23.91 t ha-1, 14.56 t ha-1 and 5.49 t ha-1, respectively were recorded under FI. The highest water use efficiency (14.83 kg m-3) of cabbage was obtained under DIM and lowest in FI (4.90 kg m-3). Similarly, in cauliflower DIM recorded the highest water use efficiency of 12.61 kg m-3 and lowest in FI (7.44 kg m-3). The broccoli recorded the highest water use efficiency under DIM (4.729 kg m-3) and lowest in FI (1.39 kg m-3). The DIM also recorded the highest economic water productivity for cabbage (147.28 Rs m-3), cauliflower (124.66 Rs m-3) and broccoli (97.15 Rs m-3) followed by DI. The lowest economic water productivity was recorded under surface irrigated cabbage (25.63 Rs m-3), cauliflower (16.86 Rs m-3) and broccoli (15.90 Rs m-3). DIM registered highest available N and K content in the post-harvest soil of winter crops and resulted in 9 and 14.3 % increase over conventional surface irrigation. Further, the uptake of N, P and K was more in cabbage followed by cauliflower and broccoli. The yields of cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli obtained under DIM were 6.98, 32.30, 31.56 % higher yields over DI and 30.70, 80.91, 84.52 % higher over furrow method of water application. Thus the drip system in conjunction with polyethylene bicolor silver black mulch technology is very effective for commercial cultivation of cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli in the eastern hill plateau region of India.
Authors and Affiliations
Jha B. K. , Mali S. S, S. S Mali, S. K. Naik S. S. Mali
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