M. A. Jalil
Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
M.A.K. Azad
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A.M. Farooque
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ABSTRACT
An experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Farm of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during the period from December, 1995 to examine the effects of different mulch materials on potato yield. There were seven mulching treatments viz., no mulch with no irrigation (control), no mulch with irrigation, natural mulch with irrigation, rice straw water hyacinth, black polythene and white polythene. The mulching treatments were applied on two potato varieties viz., Lal Pakri and Cardinal. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design with three replications. The black polythene mulch took minimum time (12 days ) to reach 80% emergence. Variety Lal pakri took longer time (97.33 days) to attain maturity than the Cardinal (87.91 days) and white polythene mulch enhanced early maturity (89.17 days), while natural mulch + irrigation treatment took longer time, (96.33 days). The maximum yield was obtained from water hyacinth mulching (47.70 t ha-1 for Cardinal and 28.4 t ha-1 for Pakri) and the lowest was in the control (38.54 and 19.79 t ha-1 for Cardinal and Lal Pakri, respectively). Water hyacinth mulch was found to be economically best mulching treatment.
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M. A. Jalil, M.A.K. Azad and A.M. Farooque, 2004. Effect of Different Mulches on the Growth and Yield of Two Potato Varieties. Journal of Biological Sciences, 4: 331-333.
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2004.331.333
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2004.331.333
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2004.331.333
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2004.331.333
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- Waggoner, P.E., P.M. Millar and H.C. Deroo, 1960. Plastic mulching: Principles and benefits. Conn. Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull., 634: 44-44.
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