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Effect of Mole Drain Spacing and Depths on the Growth Character and Yield of Soybean in Vertisols of MP


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1 Department of Agricultural Engineering, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (R.V.S.K.V.V.) Dhar M.P., India
2 Irrigation and Drainage Engineering Division, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal M.P., India
3 Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot M.P., India
4 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kasturbagram, Indore M.P., India
     

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Effect of mole drain spacings and depths on the growth character of soybean was studied in the farmer's fields in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh. Mole drains were formed with a mole plough with a 75 mm bullet or expander diameter using a 75 hp wheeled tractor. The drains were formed at 2 m, 4 m, 6 m and 8 m spacing at an average depth of 0.4 m, 0.5 m and 0.6 m from ground surface. The average length of each lateral was 50 m and the tractor was operated with a speed of 0.80 kmph. The plant height, number of branches per plant, dry matter accumulation per plant and yield of soybean crop were highest in 2 m drain spacing followed by 4m, 6m, 8m and control plot in all selected depths.

Keywords

Drainage, Mode Drains, Mole Drainage System, Soybean, Vertisols
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Authors

S. S. Dhakad
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (R.V.S.K.V.V.) Dhar M.P., India
K. V. R. Rao
Irrigation and Drainage Engineering Division, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal M.P., India
K. P. Mishra
Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot M.P., India
D. K. Paliwal
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kasturbagram, Indore M.P., India

Abstract


Effect of mole drain spacings and depths on the growth character of soybean was studied in the farmer's fields in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh. Mole drains were formed with a mole plough with a 75 mm bullet or expander diameter using a 75 hp wheeled tractor. The drains were formed at 2 m, 4 m, 6 m and 8 m spacing at an average depth of 0.4 m, 0.5 m and 0.6 m from ground surface. The average length of each lateral was 50 m and the tractor was operated with a speed of 0.80 kmph. The plant height, number of branches per plant, dry matter accumulation per plant and yield of soybean crop were highest in 2 m drain spacing followed by 4m, 6m, 8m and control plot in all selected depths.

Keywords


Drainage, Mode Drains, Mole Drainage System, Soybean, Vertisols