Claim · model-written summary
Shade net with 50% shading is recommended for commercial production of cordyline cut greens.
- Taxon
- Cordyline terminalis
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Cordyline fruticosae0 - Treatment
- shade net with 50% shadinge6
- Outcome
- commercial production of cordyline cut greense6
- Setting
- subtropical condition of New Delhi, Indiae0
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Verbatim
e0“An investigation was carried out during 2013-14 to study the effect of different shade levels on the production and quality of cordyline (Cordyline terminalis Kunth.) under the subtropical condition of New Delhi, India”
e6“Overall, shade net with 50% shading was found best for commercial production of cordyline cut greens”
Title
Effect of shade levels on production and quality of cordyline (Cordyline terminalis)
ABHAY KUMAR GAURAV; D V S RAJU; T JANAKIRAM; et al. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2015. doi:10.56093/ijas.v85i7.50125
Other claims from this paper (15)
- Intervention effect Shade nets improved vegetative growth, yield and vase life of cordyline cut greens irrespective of shade level.
- Intervention effect Shade nets improved the quality of cordyline cut greens irrespective of shade level.
- Intervention effect Shading improved plant height and number of leaves.
- Intervention effect Shading improved chlorophyll content.
- Intervention effect Shading improved leaf area and fresh weight.
- Intervention effect Shading improved harvest index.
- Intervention effect Different shade levels modified microclimate, PAR and transmittance.
- Intervention effect Different shade levels modified canopy temperature.
- Intervention effect Plants under different shade levels showed improved photosynthetic activity.
- Intervention effect Plants under different shade levels showed reduced transpiration rate.
- Intervention effect Plants under 50% shade were taller.
- Intervention effect Plants under 50% shade had more leaves.
- Intervention effect Plants under 50% shade had longer petioles.
- Mechanism Higher chlorophyll content under 50% shade is attributed to a higher photosynthetic rate.
- Intervention effect Under 50% shade harvest index and vase life were optimum.