Claim · model-written summary
Farmers practices gave an additional net return (Rs.48120 ha -1) in tomato compared with the weedy check.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- Farmers practicese0
- Outcome
- net returne1
- Direction
- additionale1
- Value
- Rs.48120 ha -1e1
- Comparator
- weedy checke1
- Setting
- Instructional farm, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Angul of Odishae7
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
e0“Farmers practices recorded maximum plant height (52.26 cm), no. of branches plant -1 (12.65), no. of leaves plant -1 (62.35), fruits plant -1 (26.3), fruit yield (328.2 q ha -1 ) and weed control efficiency (80.9 %) with significantly reduced both weed density (22.4 m -2 ) and their dry weight (27.6 g m -2 )”
e1“with additional net return of Rs.48120 ha -1 as compared to weedy check”
e7“A field trial was conducted in Instructional farm, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Angul of Odisha during Kharif season of 2009 and 2010”
Title
T.K. SAMANT; M. PRUSTY ADVANCE RESEARCH JOURNAL OF CROP IMPROVEMENT 2014. doi:10.15740/has/arjci/5.2/144-148
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- Intervention effect Straw mulch gave the minimum weed index (15.11 %) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Straw mulch reduced nitrogen removal by weeds by 89.7 per cent relative to the weedy check in tomato.
- Intervention effect Straw mulch reduced phosphorus removal by weeds by 94.6 per cent relative to the weedy check in tomato.
- Intervention effect Straw mulch reduced potash removal by weeds by 89.3 per cent relative to the weedy check in tomato.
- Intervention effect Farmers practices gave the maximum plant height (52.26 cm) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Farmers practices gave the maximum number of branches per plant (12.65) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Farmers practices gave the maximum number of leaves per plant (62.35) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Farmers practices gave the maximum number of fruits per plant (26.3) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Farmers practices gave the maximum fruit yield (328.2 q/ha) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Farmers practices gave the maximum weed control efficiency (80.9 %) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Farmers practices significantly reduced weed density (22.4 m -2) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Farmers practices significantly reduced weed dry weight (27.6 g m -2) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Farmers practices gave the maximum gross return (Rs.131280 ha -1) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Farmers practices gave the maximum B:C ratio (2.06) in tomato.
- Observation The weedy check had the maximum weed density (192.6 m -2) at 60 DAS in tomato.
- Intervention effect Farmers practices recorded the minimum weed population (22.4) in tomato.
- Recommendation Straw mulch is economically viable for weed control in tomato when labour is scarce.