Vol. 7, Issue 5 (2019)
Impact of drip and furrow irrigation on tomato yield under mulch and non-mulch conditions
Author(s): B Panigrahi, Dipsika Paramjita and JC Paul
Abstract: Field experiments were conducted for two years (2012 and 2013) on sandy loam soil to study the response of furrow irrigation and variable water supply by drip irrigation on yield and water use of tomato crop under both plastic mulch and non-mulch conditions. The study was conducted in randomized block design with eight treatments having three replications each. Out of the eight treatments, six comprised of 100, 80 and 60% crop evapotranspiration (ETc) replenishment with mulching and non-mulching conditions irrigated by drip irrigation system and two were furrow irrigation with mulching and non-mulching conditions. The mean yield and water-use efficiency of crop were found to be significantly maximum (19.0 t ha-1 and 0.772 t ha-1 cm-1, respectively) for the treatment with 100% ETc replenishment irrigated by drip system with mulching (T5) as compared to other treatments. The study revealed that drip irrigation gave more yields and water-use efficiency of the crop than the furrow irrigation. Further, it was observed that mulching resulted in getting more yield and water-use efficiency than non-mulching condition. The treatment T5 increased the mean yield and water-use efficiency by 53.2 and 89.2% besides saving 19.2% costly irrigation water than the conventional furrow irrigation without mulching as practiced by most of the farmers.
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B Panigrahi, Dipsika Paramjita, JC Paul. Impact of drip and furrow irrigation on tomato yield under mulch and non-mulch conditions. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(5):3202-3207.
