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Influence of Different Colour Mulching on Growth and Yield of Crop


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1 Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Technology and Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur (Rajasthan), India
     

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The colour of plastic mulch influences growth and yield of a particular crop. Plastic mulches has advantage of greater marketable yield (upto 24 to 65% increase) compared to bare soil, which is because of conservation of moisture, improved microclimate both beneath and above the soil surface, light reflection and great weed control. Because of imperviousness of plastic mulches, it prevents direct evaporation of moisture from the soil and thus limits the water losses and soil erosion over the surface. The colour of plastic mulch influences crop growth and yield by altering amount of upwardly reflected light from mulch surface upto plant canopy. These radiation changes has marked effect on plant light environment and consequently on growth as well as yield of crop.
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  • Decoteau, D.R. and Friend, H.H. (1991). Plant responses to wavelength selective mulches and row covers: A discussion on light quality effects on plants.

  • Rajablariani, H.R., Hassankhan, F. and Rafezi, R. (2012). Effect of coloured plastic mulches on yield of tomato and weed biomass. Internat. J. Environ. Sci. & Development, 3(6).


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  • Influence of Different Colour Mulching on Growth and Yield of Crop

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Authors

V. D. Paradkar
Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Technology and Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur (Rajasthan), India
H. K. Mittal
Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Technology and Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur (Rajasthan), India

Abstract


The colour of plastic mulch influences growth and yield of a particular crop. Plastic mulches has advantage of greater marketable yield (upto 24 to 65% increase) compared to bare soil, which is because of conservation of moisture, improved microclimate both beneath and above the soil surface, light reflection and great weed control. Because of imperviousness of plastic mulches, it prevents direct evaporation of moisture from the soil and thus limits the water losses and soil erosion over the surface. The colour of plastic mulch influences crop growth and yield by altering amount of upwardly reflected light from mulch surface upto plant canopy. These radiation changes has marked effect on plant light environment and consequently on growth as well as yield of crop.

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