Abstract
Field experiments were conducted during 2004–2009 under hot-arid irrigated conditions of western Rajasthan to determine the influence of manuring and mulching on hydrothermal environment of soil, root growth, fruit yield, nutrient removal and economics in brinjal. The FYM mulch and other soil management practices conserved moisture 63 to 144 and 10 to 133%, respectively throughout the crop growth period as compared to control. Mulching with FYM and cluster bean straw lowered the soil temperature by 4.9° and 3.4°C at a depth of 15 cm, and increased the soil temperature by 4.2 and 3.5°C, respectively during the winter season. FYM mulch recorded maximum values of root length to aerial mass ratio (RL/AM) which increased by 140% over control. The root length density (RLD), root weight density (RWD) and root volume (RV) were higher by 370, 392 and 198%, respectively under FYM mulch treatment. Higher fruit yield 173 and 154% were recorded under FYM and cluster bean straw mulching. The N, P and K status was higher under FYM by 363, 392 and 275% over control. Nutrient removal of crops, in general, was significantly higher under FYM mulch over all other treatments. The benefit: cost ratio was the highest (1.91) with FYM mulch as compared to control which was (0.83). The results of the study indicates the possibility that FYM mulch as soil water conservation practice could be an important strategy for the local inhabitants for increasing the production potential of brinjal crop.
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Claims 17
Claim · model-written summary
FYM mulch conserved soil moisture relative to control.
- Taxon
- brinjal
Solanum melongenat0 - Treatment
- FYM mulche0
- Outcome
- moisturee0
- Direction
- conservede0
- Value
- 63 to 144e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The FYM mulch and other soil management practices conserved moisture 63 to 144 and 10 to 133%, respectively throughout the crop growth period as compared to control”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
Other soil management practices conserved soil moisture relative to control.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- other soil management practicese0
- Outcome
- moisturee0
- Direction
- conservede0
- Value
- 10 to 133%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The FYM mulch and other soil management practices conserved moisture 63 to 144 and 10 to 133%, respectively throughout the crop growth period as compared to control”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
FYM mulch lowered soil temperature by 4.9°.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mulching with FYM and cluster bean straw lowered the soil temperature by 4.9° and 3.4°C at a depth of 15 cm”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
Cluster bean straw mulch lowered soil temperature by 3.4°C.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- cluster bean strawe0
- Outcome
- soil temperaturee0
- Direction
- lowerede0
- Value
- 3.4°Ce0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mulching with FYM and cluster bean straw lowered the soil temperature by 4.9° and 3.4°C at a depth of 15 cm”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulches increased winter soil temperature.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- FYM and cluster bean strawe0
- Outcome
- soil temperaturee0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- during the winter seasone0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mulching with FYM and cluster bean straw lowered the soil temperature by 4.9° and 3.4°C at a depth of 15 cm, and increased the soil temperature by 4.2 and 3.5°C, respectively during the winter season”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
FYM mulch increased root length to aerial mass ratio by 140% over control.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- FYM mulche0
- Outcome
- root length to aerial mass ratioe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 140%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“FYM mulch recorded maximum values of root length to aerial mass ratio (RL/AM) which increased by 140% over control”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
FYM mulch increased root length density by 370%.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- FYM mulch treatmente0
- Outcome
- root length densitye0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 370e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The root length density (RLD), root weight density (RWD) and root volume (RV) were higher by 370, 392 and 198%, respectively under FYM mulch treatment”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
FYM mulch increased root weight density by 392%.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- FYM mulch treatmente0
- Outcome
- root weight densitye0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 392e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The root length density (RLD), root weight density (RWD) and root volume (RV) were higher by 370, 392 and 198%, respectively under FYM mulch treatment”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
FYM mulch increased root volume by 198%.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- FYM mulch treatmente0
- Outcome
- root volumee0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 198%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The root length density (RLD), root weight density (RWD) and root volume (RV) were higher by 370, 392 and 198%, respectively under FYM mulch treatment”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
FYM mulch increased fruit yield by 173%.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Higher fruit yield 173 and 154% were recorded under FYM and cluster bean straw mulching”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
Cluster bean straw mulch increased fruit yield by 154%.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- cluster bean straw mulchinge0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- Highere0
- Value
- 154%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Higher fruit yield 173 and 154% were recorded under FYM and cluster bean straw mulching”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
FYM raised N status by 363% over control.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- FYMe0
- Outcome
- Ne0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 363e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The N, P and K status was higher under FYM by 363, 392 and 275% over control”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
FYM raised P status by 392% over control.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- FYMe0
- Outcome
- Pe0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 392e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The N, P and K status was higher under FYM by 363, 392 and 275% over control”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
FYM raised K status by 275% over control.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- FYMe0
- Outcome
- K statuse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 275%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The N, P and K status was higher under FYM by 363, 392 and 275% over control”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
FYM mulch significantly increased crop nutrient removal compared with other treatments.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- FYM mulche0
- Outcome
- Nutrient removal of cropse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- all other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Nutrient removal of crops, in general, was significantly higher under FYM mulch over all other treatments”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
FYM mulch gave the highest benefit to cost ratio of 1.91 versus 0.83 for control.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- FYM mulche0
- Outcome
- benefit: cost ratioe0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 1.91e0
- Qualifier
- 0.83e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The benefit: cost ratio was the highest (1.91) with FYM mulch as compared to control which was (0.83)”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
FYM mulch could be a strategy to increase brinjal production.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenae0
- Treatment
- FYM mulche0
- Outcome
- increasing the production potentiale0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“FYM mulch as soil water conservation practice could be an important strategy for the local inhabitants for increasing the production potential of brinjal crop”
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