Response of squash melon (<i>Citrullus vulgaris var. fistulosus</i>) to fym and mulching under rainfed condition of hot arid region of Rajasthan

Birbal,; Rathore, V. S.; Nathawat, N. S.; Soni, M. L.; Yadava, N. D.

doi:10.5958/j.0976-058x.48.2.025

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“…Straw mulch (1.86kg) produced the highest yield followed by plastic mulch (1.78kg), control (1.73kg), FYM (1.59kg), and lowest yield was produced by using pebble (1.57kg). Similar variations were also recorded by (Birbal et al, 2014) in squash melon.…”

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“…Straw mulch produced maximum fruits (25.17) followed by plastic and FYM mulch (23.28) and control mulch (23) while, minimum number of fruits were observed in pebble mulch (22.61) which were on par with each other. Similar variations were also recorded by (Birbal et al, 2014) squash melon. Significant differences were observed among different mulch applications with respect to average fruit yield.…”

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confidence: 84%

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Effect of Mulching on Cultivation, Weed Control and Moisture Conservation in Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.)

Singh¹,

Aulakh²

2018

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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Effect of Mulching on Cultivation, Weed Control and Moisture Conservation in Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.)

Singh¹,

Aulakh²

2018

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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“…Straw mulch (14.8) proved to be superior in comparison to plastic mulch (12.7) in weed population, which led to favourable microclimate conditions for plant growth and development. The positive effect of organic mulch materials on yield was also reported by Bhatt et al (2011) in summer squash, Uniyal and Mishra (2003), Singh and Ahmed (2008) in potato and Birbal et al (2014) in squash melon under rainfed condition of arid region. Application of FYM with various mulching treatment was found complementary and the combination of FYM@40 tonnes/ha and straw mulch gave the highest yield (22.6 tonnes/ha) among all treatments, which however was at statistically at par with the combination of FYM@30 tonnes/ha and straw mulch (21.8 tonnes/ha).…”

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“…Supplemental irrigation has been found very effective in increasing crop yields in areas prone to water scarcity and unbalanced precipitation. Supplemental irrigation increased the yield of squash melon by 22.6, 17.2 and 18.9% during 2012, 2013 and pooled basis, respectively as compared to rainfed crop (yield data of rainfed crop published by Birbal et al 2014). Controlled supplemental irrigation has been reported to improve yields by several other researchers also (Erekul et al 2012Kahraman et al 2016, Wang 2017.…”

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Interactive effect of FYM and mulching on productivity and water use efficiency of squash melon (Citrullus vulgaris var. fistulosus) grown with supplemental irrigation in hot arid region of Rajasthan

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Squash melon (Citrullus vulgaris var. fistulosus Steward) is a rainfed crop in arid region but in these areas, the rainy days are very less. Due to this reason, the farmers could not get desired yield. Hence supplemental irrigation with water conservation practices is required for getting the economic return from this crop. Hence an experiment was conducted at ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Regional Research Station, Bikaner, Rajasthan to study the effect of three mulching treatments (No mulching, straw mulching (2.5 tonnes/ha) using local shrub Leptadenia pyrotechnica and black polyethylene plastic mulching of 25 micron thickness) and four FYM doses (0, 20, 30 and 40 tonnes/ha) on growth, yield, WUE and economics of Squash melon grown with supplemental irrigation during kharif seasons of 2012 and 2013. Vine length, numbers of fruits per plant and yield of squash melon were significantly influenced by FYM, mulching and their interaction during both the years of experiment. Application of FYM caused significant improvement in squash melon yield up to 30 tonnes/ha. Averaged across mulching treatments, application of FYM @ 20, 30 and 40 tonnes/ha resulted 47.8, 79.5 and 88.4% higher yields compared to control. Application of mulch brought significant improvement in yield and yield components and the response of mulch varied with the level of FYM application. Plastic and straw mulching resulted 26.6 and 48.6% higher yield over no-mulch treatment. Straw mulch recorded the longest vine length, the highest numbers of fruits per plant and yield. The highest yield was recorded with application of 30 tonnes FYM /ha combined with straw mulch.

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“…al 2014) in their experiment conducted in water melon. Birbal et. al (2014) eluciadated congrous observations in yield parameters of squash melon.…”

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Effect of mulching materials and plant spacing on growth, sex expression and yield of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) cv. Paalee in Chitwan, Nepal

Khadka¹,

Paudel²,

Sapkota³

et al. 2019

Azarian J Agric

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The field experiment was carried out in bitter gourd cv. Paalee in Chitwan during the cropping season of March-May, 2019. 4 × 2 Factorial Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) was conducted with three replications. Four different mulching materials viz. silver plastic mulch, black plastic mulch, straw mulch and a control with no mulch were assigned as first factor whereas second factor consisted of two plant spacing of 1.5m and 1m (plant-to-plant).The analysis revealed that silver plastic mulch recorded highest vine length (468.71 cm), maximum number of nodes per main vine (44.47) and maximum number of branches per main vine (31.57).Days to first male and female flowering, and sex ratio were found significantly (p<0.05) lower in silver plastic mulch as compared to other mulches. Similarly, silver plastic much had highest average fruit length (26.9cm), average fruit diameter (6.95cm), fruit number per plant (16.23), individual fruit weight (285.14g) and fruit yield (61.5 tons ha-1), soil moisture percentage (47.45) and Benefitcost Ratio (BCR) (3.08).The control treatment with no mulch had the lowest of all these parameters. The plant spacing did not significantly (p<0.05) differ for all the characters, except average individual fruit weight, average fruit yield and BCR, which were found higher (265.07g, 50.91 tons/ha and 1.9 respectively in wider spacing. The interaction effects of plant spacing and mulching materials were observed only for average fruit length and average fruit diameter. This study suggests silver plastic mulch as an effective mulching material for better growth and yield of bitter gourd cv. Paalee.

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Response of squash melon (Citrullus vulgaris var. fistulosus) to fym and mulching under rainfed condition of hot arid region of Rajasthan

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Effect of Mulching on Cultivation, Weed Control and Moisture Conservation in Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.)

Effect of Mulching on Cultivation, Weed Control and Moisture Conservation in Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.)

Interactive effect of FYM and mulching on productivity and water use efficiency of squash melon (Citrullus vulgaris var. fistulosus) grown with supplemental irrigation in hot arid region of Rajasthan

Effect of mulching materials and plant spacing on growth, sex expression and yield of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) cv. Paalee in Chitwan, Nepal

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