Abstract
A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of drip irrigation, fertigation and mulching on coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) var. VHC 3. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with seven treatments and three replications. The treatments comprised of 100% (T1), 80% (T2) and 60% (T3) recommended dose of fertilizer with 100 micron thickness plastic mulch and 100% (T4), 80% (T5) and 60% (T6) recommended dose of fertilizer without plastic mulch. The control was with conventional method of irrigation (basin irrigation) without mulch (T7). The recorded data on the growth and yield of coconut revealed that the plant height, canopy development and other plant growth parameters were higher in the treatment with 100% recommended dose of fertilizer (0.50:0.32:1.20 kg of NPK / tree) with 100 micron thickness plastic mulch (T1) when compared to other treatments. The maximum yield attributes viz., spathe length, number of inflorescence, number of bunches/palm/year and number of nuts/bunch of 127.76 cm, 13, 13 and 31, respectively were recorded in 100 % of recommended dose of drip fertigation with 100 micron plastic mulching. The lowest spathe length, number of inflorescence, number of bunches/palm/year and number of nuts/bunch of 92.16 cm, 8, 8 and 12, respectively were recorded in control treatment without mulch. The number of nuts per palm, an important yield contributing trait was promising with 292 nuts/ palm/ year in 100 % of recommended dose of drip fertigation with 100 micron plastic mulching (T1) treatment. Likewise gradual reductions in weed population, superior water use efficiency and nutrient use efficiency were observed in all the plastic mulch combination treatments when compared with other treatments without mulch.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Plant height, canopy development and other growth parameters were higher under full fertilizer with plastic mulch than other treatments.
Verbatim
e0“The recorded data on the growth and yield of coconut revealed that the plant height, canopy development and other plant growth parameters were higher in the treatment with 100% recommended dose of fertilizer (0.50:0.32:1.20 kg of NPK / tree) with 100 micron thickness plastic mulch (T1) when compared to other treatments.”
Claim · model-written summary
Spathe length reached 127.76 cm with full drip fertigation and plastic mulch, compared with 92.16 cm in the unmulched control.
- Taxon
- Cocos nucifera L.
Cocos nuciferat0 - Treatment
- 100 % of recommended dose of drip fertigation with 100 micron plastic mulchinge0
- Outcome
- spathe lengthe0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 127.76 cme0
- Qualifier
- 92.16 cme1
- Comparator
- control treatment without mulche1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The maximum yield attributes viz., spathe length, number of inflorescence, number of bunches/palm/year and number of nuts/bunch of 127.76 cm, 13, 13 and 31, respectively were recorded in 100 % of recommended dose of drip fertigation with 100 micron plastic mulching.”
e1“The lowest spathe length, number of inflorescence, number of bunches/palm/year and number of nuts/bunch of 92.16 cm, 8, 8 and 12, respectively were recorded in control treatment without mulch.”
t0“Cocos nucifera L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Inflorescence number reached 13 under full fertigation and mulch, versus 8 in the control.
- Taxon
- Cocos nucifera L.Cocos nuciferat0
- Treatment
- 100 % of recommended dose of drip fertigation with 100 micron plastic mulchinge0
- Outcome
- number of inflorescencee0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 13e0
- Qualifier
- 8e1
- Comparator
- control treatment without mulche1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The maximum yield attributes viz., spathe length, number of inflorescence, number of bunches/palm/year and number of nuts/bunch of 127.76 cm, 13, 13 and 31, respectively were recorded in 100 % of recommended dose of drip fertigation with 100 micron plastic mulching.”
e1“The lowest spathe length, number of inflorescence, number of bunches/palm/year and number of nuts/bunch of 92.16 cm, 8, 8 and 12, respectively were recorded in control treatment without mulch.”
t0“Cocos nucifera L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Bunches per palm per year reached 13 under full fertigation and mulch, versus 8 in the control.
- Taxon
- Cocos nucifera L.Cocos nuciferat0
- Treatment
- 100 % of recommended dose of drip fertigation with 100 micron plastic mulchinge0
- Outcome
- number of bunches/palm/yeare0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 13e0
- Qualifier
- 8e1
- Comparator
- control treatment without mulche1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The maximum yield attributes viz., spathe length, number of inflorescence, number of bunches/palm/year and number of nuts/bunch of 127.76 cm, 13, 13 and 31, respectively were recorded in 100 % of recommended dose of drip fertigation with 100 micron plastic mulching.”
e1“The lowest spathe length, number of inflorescence, number of bunches/palm/year and number of nuts/bunch of 92.16 cm, 8, 8 and 12, respectively were recorded in control treatment without mulch.”
t0“Cocos nucifera L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Nuts per bunch reached 31 under full fertigation and mulch, versus 12 in the control.
- Taxon
- Cocos nucifera L.Cocos nuciferat0
- Treatment
- 100 % of recommended dose of drip fertigation with 100 micron plastic mulchinge0
- Outcome
- number of nuts/bunche0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 31e0
- Qualifier
- 12e1
- Comparator
- control treatment without mulche1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The maximum yield attributes viz., spathe length, number of inflorescence, number of bunches/palm/year and number of nuts/bunch of 127.76 cm, 13, 13 and 31, respectively were recorded in 100 % of recommended dose of drip fertigation with 100 micron plastic mulching.”
e1“The lowest spathe length, number of inflorescence, number of bunches/palm/year and number of nuts/bunch of 92.16 cm, 8, 8 and 12, respectively were recorded in control treatment without mulch.”
t0“Cocos nucifera L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Full drip fertigation with plastic mulch produced 292 nuts per palm per year.
- Taxon
- Cocos nucifera L.Cocos nuciferat0
- Treatment
- 100 % of recommended dose of drip fertigation with 100 micron plastic mulching (T1)e0
- Outcome
- number of nuts per palme0
- Value
- 292 nuts/ palm/ yeare0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The number of nuts per palm, an important yield contributing trait was promising with 292 nuts/ palm/ year in 100 % of recommended dose of drip fertigation with 100 micron plastic mulching (T1) treatment.”
t0“Cocos nucifera L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Plastic mulch combinations reduced weed populations compared with treatments without mulch.
- Taxon
- Cocos nucifera L.Cocos nuciferat0
- Treatment
- plastic mulch combination treatmentse0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- weed populatione0
- Direction
- reductionse0
- Comparator
- other treatments without mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“gradual reductions in weed population, superior water use efficiency and nutrient use efficiency were observed in all the plastic mulch combination treatments when compared with other treatments without mulch.”
t0“Cocos nucifera L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Plastic mulch combinations improved water use efficiency versus treatments without mulch.
- Taxon
- Cocos nucifera L.Cocos nuciferat0
- Treatment
- plastic mulch combination treatmentse0
- Outcome
- water use efficiencye0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Comparator
- other treatments without mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“gradual reductions in weed population, superior water use efficiency and nutrient use efficiency were observed in all the plastic mulch combination treatments when compared with other treatments without mulch.”
t0“Cocos nucifera L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Plastic mulch combinations improved nutrient use efficiency versus treatments without mulch.
- Taxon
- Cocos nucifera L.Cocos nuciferat0
- Treatment
- plastic mulch combination treatmentse0
- Outcome
- nutrient use efficiencye0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Comparator
- other treatments without mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“gradual reductions in weed population, superior water use efficiency and nutrient use efficiency were observed in all the plastic mulch combination treatments when compared with other treatments without mulch.”
t0“Cocos nucifera L.”
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