Use of Mini Polytunnels for the Maintenance of a Clone Garden of Acacia Mearnsii De Wildeman in Different Seasons of the Year

Flôres, Paulo César; Engel, Mara Luana; Ikeda, Angela Cristina; Alcantara, Giovana Bomfim de; Higa, Antônio Rioyei

doi:10.5380/rf.v48i4.57602

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“…Partial control of microclimatic elements like light, temperature, humidity, ventilation, etc. which have a major influence on plant growth and development can be achieved through low˗tech greenhouse or polyhouse [6]. Crop productivity can be improved with the low˗techs by altering or enhancing daytime light quality and preventing heat loss at night [7].…”

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Development of Suitable Microclimate Using Low˗tech Greenhouse for Off-Season Production of High Value Crops in Bangladesh

Awal

Dhar

Pramanik

2021

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Low˗tech greenhouses (low˗techs) have been used globally to cultivate horticultural crops since many years, but their utilization in Bangladesh is a recent phenomenon. Moreover, information on altered microclimate inside the low˗tech is hardly reported. An investigation has been conducted in the Crop Botany Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University (24o72´N, 90o43´E and 18 masl), Mymensingh during the late autumn to winter seasons from mid-October to mid-February of 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 years to find out the variation in microclimatic parameters between inside and outside of low˗techs and to evaluate the suitability of altered microclimate inside the low˗techs for off˗season production of high value crops in Bangladesh. Three low˗techs were erected in each year using bamboo frame covered with single inflated polyethylene film (thickness = 0.2 mm). Major microclimatic parameters inside and aside outside the low˗techs were measured with standard devices or techniques. Around 30 percent incoming photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) was cut˗off by low˗tech cover during solar noon when the sun’s zenith gets minimum value (around 0o). However, this cut˗off portion of PAR was gradually increased with the sunrise and sunset when zenith is around 90o. During the daytime, low˗tech retains higher air temperature than that found at outside and the differences in air temperature between inside and outside of low˗techs was gradually increased after sunrise with a peak difference of 7 to 9 oC following the solar noon (i.e., 13:00-14:00 hour). No distinct variation in relative humidity was recorded between inside and outside of the low˗tech. Low˗tech cover retains higher soil temperature than that was recorded in outside. The variation of both air and soil temperatures between inside and outside of low˗techs was higher during the daytime but lower at nighttime or even at daytime when the sky remained overcast. The variation in microclimatic parameters under low˗techs not only protect the growing crops from climate vagaries during autumn, winter and spring seasons but also provide suitable warmer environment for growing many high value crops during that seasons and thus crop production in off˗season and/or season extension benefits can easily be achieved by low˗techs.

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