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Effect of in situ Rainwater Harvesting and Mulching on Growth, Yield and Fruit Quality in Mango Var. Arka Neelachal Kesri in Eastern India


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1 ICAR-IIHR-Central Horticultural Experiment Station, Bhubaneswar- 751 019, Odisha, India
2 ICAR-National Research Centre for Litchi, Muzaffarpur-842 002, Bihar, India
3 ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru-560 089, Karnataka, India
 

A field study was conducted at Central Horticultural Experiment Station (ICAR-IIHR), Bhubaneswar, India, during 2007-2013 in a new mango orchard of the variety 'Arka Neelachal Kesri' at 5m x 5m spacing, to conserve rain-water and to enhance soil moisture availability during dry periods for augmenting plant growth and fruit production. Among the four in situ rain-water harvesting techniques (cup-and-plate, half-moon, full-moon, and trench) evaluated in combination with three types of mulch (no mulch, inorganic mulch, and organic mulch), the cup-and-plate system resulted in maximum annual increment in vegetative growth and fruit yield (4.67kg/plant), while, organic (paddy straw) and inorganic (black polythene, 100μ thickness) mulches improved vegetative growth, fruit yield and TSS in fruit significantly over no mulch.

Keywords

Mango (Mangifera indica L.), Arka Neelachal Kesri, in situ Rain-Water Harvesting, Mulching.
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Authors

Deepa Samant
ICAR-IIHR-Central Horticultural Experiment Station, Bhubaneswar- 751 019, Odisha, India
S. Mandal
ICAR-IIHR-Central Horticultural Experiment Station, Bhubaneswar- 751 019, Odisha, India
H. S. Singh
ICAR-IIHR-Central Horticultural Experiment Station, Bhubaneswar- 751 019, Odisha, India
Vishal Nath
ICAR-National Research Centre for Litchi, Muzaffarpur-842 002, Bihar, India
Reju M. Kurian
ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru-560 089, Karnataka, India

Abstract


A field study was conducted at Central Horticultural Experiment Station (ICAR-IIHR), Bhubaneswar, India, during 2007-2013 in a new mango orchard of the variety 'Arka Neelachal Kesri' at 5m x 5m spacing, to conserve rain-water and to enhance soil moisture availability during dry periods for augmenting plant growth and fruit production. Among the four in situ rain-water harvesting techniques (cup-and-plate, half-moon, full-moon, and trench) evaluated in combination with three types of mulch (no mulch, inorganic mulch, and organic mulch), the cup-and-plate system resulted in maximum annual increment in vegetative growth and fruit yield (4.67kg/plant), while, organic (paddy straw) and inorganic (black polythene, 100μ thickness) mulches improved vegetative growth, fruit yield and TSS in fruit significantly over no mulch.

Keywords


Mango (Mangifera indica L.), Arka Neelachal Kesri, in situ Rain-Water Harvesting, Mulching.

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