Vol. 7, Issue 2 (2019)
Hydrogel: To enhance crop growth and available water under moisture stress condition of young coffee (cv. C X R)
Author(s): Kishor Mote, Nagaraj Gokavi, Mukharib DS, AN Manjunath and Y Raghuramulu
Abstract: An investigation was carried out to study the response of hydrogel on growth and water stress parameters of young coffee in field at Central Coffee Research Institute, coffee Research Station, during the year September 2016 and 2017. The trial was laid out in randomized complete block design with three replications. Data pertaining to growth parameters showed significant difference among the treatments during the both the years of study and in pooled means. Among the different levels of hydrogel applied at main field, plants received hydrogel at 30g/plant + Compost @ 2 kg/plant registered significantly highest growth parameters viz., plant height, number of leaves, number of primaries, length of primary, stem diameter, no. of nodes on main stem and bush spread (30.90 cm, 19.76, 2.50, 10.14 cm, 0.90 cm and 33.87 cm, respectively in 2016; 76.11cm, 38.56, 9.89, 29.39 cm, 1.12 cm and 48.61 cm, respectively in 2017 and 53.51 cm, 29.16, 6.20, 19.77 cm, 1.01 cm and 41.24 cm, respectively in pooled means) and least was recorded in control (20.93cm, 7.75, 1.08, 5.98 cm, 0.54cm and 14.76 cm, respectively in 2016; 49.50 cm, 25.11, 5.56, 15.89 cm, 0.71 cm and 31.22 cm, respectively in 2017 and 35.22 cm, 16.43, 3.32, 10.94 cm, 0.63 cm, 22.99 cm, respectively in pooled means). Similarly, plants received hydrogel at 30g/plant + Compost @ 2 kg/plant registered significantly higher soil moisture content (16.74 to 21.34 %) and relative water content (72.69 to 83.42 %) which was followed by plants received hydrogel at 20g/plant and at 10g/plant. However, the significantly lower soil moisture content (7.78 to 14.21 %) and relative water content (54.11 to 57.81%) was recorded under control on pooled basis. Study results showed that application of hydrogel along with compost is effective tools in increasing water holding capacity of soil so it may become a practically convenient and economically feasible option in coffee plantation areas for establishment of young coffee plants.
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Kishor Mote, Nagaraj Gokavi, Mukharib DS, AN Manjunath, Y Raghuramulu. Hydrogel: To enhance crop growth and available water under moisture stress condition of young coffee (cv. C X R). Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(2):529-533.
