Influence of organic mulches and irrigation levels on growth, yield and water use efficiency of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)

Authors

  • D.T.MESHRAM ICAR-National Research Center on Pomegranate, N.H.-65, Solapur-413 255, (M.S.)
  • S.D. GORANTIWAR Dr.A.S.Shinde College of Agriculture Engineering and Technology, MPKV, Rahuri-413 712
  • JYOTSANA SHARMA ICAR-National Research Center on Pomegranate, N.H.-65, Solapur-413 255, (M.S.)
  • K.D.BABU ICAR-National Research Center on Pomegranate, N.H.-65, Solapur-413 255, (M.S.)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54386/jam.v20i3.542

Keywords:

Pomegranate,, phenophase,, reference crop evapotranspiration(ETr),, crop coefficient(Kc),, organic mulches, water use efficiency (WUE)

Abstract

A field experiment was carried out at Solapur, Maharashtra during 2015-2017 on 4 and 5 year old plants of pomegranate having treatments composing of 4 organic mulches (i.e.No mulch, wheat straw, sugarcane baggas and safflower straw) and 5 different irrigation levels (i.e. 0.30 to 0.80 * ETr) through drip irrigation under split plot design. Amount of applied irrigation water for different treatments varied from 2597 to 9218 Liters per season per tree. The results indicated that organic mulches and irrigation level had significant effect on leaf area index, nos. of fruits, yield and water use efficiency. The highest water use efficiency was estimated with sugarcane baggas while the lowest WUE was estimated in no mulch.The mean maximum plant height, number of fruits, weight, growth, LAI,yield and WUE was evaluated at 0.50*ETr and 0.60*ETr irrigation level and sugarcane baggas mulch is the best for 4 and 5 old age pomegranate tree.

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01-09-2018

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D.T.MESHRAM, S.D. GORANTIWAR, JYOTSANA SHARMA, & K.D.BABU. (2018). Influence of organic mulches and irrigation levels on growth, yield and water use efficiency of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.). Journal of Agrometeorology, 20(3), 196–201. https://doi.org/10.54386/jam.v20i3.542

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 3 (2018): September

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Research Paper

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