The Effects of Mulches on Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) in Respect of Yield Attribute in Ecosystem of Coastal Bengal
Prasenjit Kundu
Sasya Shyamala Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Narendrapur-700103, West Bengal, India.
Nayan Kishor Adhikary *
Institute of Agricultural Science, University of Calcutta, 51/2, Hazra Road, Kolkata – 700019, West Bengal, India.
Monidipta Saha
Sasya Shyamala Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Narendrapur-700103, West Bengal, India.
Abhijit Ghosal
Sasya Shyamala Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Narendrapur-700103, West Bengal, India.
Narayan Chandra Sahu
Sasya Shyamala Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Narendrapur-700103, West Bengal, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Mulching has become an important practice in modern field production. The use of mulches in vegetable production is undergoing a radical change away from high input, nonrenewable resources, such as plastic, to the use of high-residue organic mulches from cover crop. The purpose of this present study was to compare the growth and yield of tomato when grown under different organic and inorganic mulches. The experiment was conducted with four treatments in two consecutive years (2016-2017 and 2017-2018) at instructional farm of Sasya Shyamala Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Arapanch and different blocks of South 24 Parganas district. Among the treatments, maximum yield 60.3 t/ha and 58.7 t/ha were recorded under poly mulches in the consecutive years.
Keywords: Mulching, tomato, growth, yield, coastal belt