R.S. Meena, Santosh Kumar, Rahul Kumar, Sweta Singh and V.S. Meena
1,3,4 College of Agriculture, Bhusawar (Weir) Bharatpur (SKNAU, Jobner)
2SMS Horticulture, KVK Aizal
4 College of Agriculture, Bharatpur (SKNAU, Jobner)
Email: santosh.veg@gmail.com
Received-01.09.2022, Revised-13.09.2022, Accepted-27.09.2022
Abstract: A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of irrigation intervals and mulches on growth and yield of cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.)” during Rabi season of 2021 at Horticulture Farm, Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute, Durgapura, Jaipur. The experiment consisted of sixteen treatment combinations with four irrigation intervals (6, 9, 12 and 15 days) and four types of mulches (control, white polythene, black polythene and mustard straw) in randomized block design with three replications. The results of study clearly indicated that application of irrigation at 9 days interval as well as black polythene mulch significantly increased the growth parameters like (plant height, number of leaves, plant spread, leaf area and total chlorophyll content in leaves) and yield (head yield per plot, head yield per hectare) of cabbage. The interactive effect of irrigation at 9 days interval along with black polythene mulch was found statistically at par to application of irrigation at 12 days interval along with mustard straw mulch with respect to head yield kg/plot (11.33 kg/plot) and yield q/ha (349.63 q/ha).
Keywords: Growth attributes, Yield, Irrigation intervals, Mulches, Cabbage
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