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Effect of mulching and kaolin foliar spray on mung ( Vigna radiata ) – rapeseed ( Brassica campestris ) double cropping system under rainfed conditions
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An experiment under semi-arid seasonally dry tropical conditions to explore the possibilities of double cropping in the traditionally monocropped areas found mulching helped conserve enough moisture in the top 30 cm of soil to enable germination and quick establishment of the rapeseed crop.Abstract:
Results are described of an experiment made at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, for 4 years under semi-arid seasonally dry tropical conditions to explore the possibilities of double cropping in the traditionally monocropped areas. Use of straw mulch did not increase mung yield in the monsoon season with welldistributed rainfall but increased its yield in a year when the monsoon receded early. Irrespective of rainfall pattern, mulching helped conserve enough moisture in the top 30 cm of soil to enable germination and quick establishment of the rapeseed crop. Mulching continued in the rapeseed crop conserved soil moisture until the flowering stage and increased the yield of rapeseed by 23%. Kaolin, a reflectant material applied at the preflowering stage, also increased seed yield of rapeseed.read more
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Influence of Antitranspirants on Rapeseed (Brassica campestris) Plants under Water-stressed and Nonstressed Conditions
B. B. Patil,Rajat De +1 more
TL;DR: Daily transpiration rate was decreased by low soil moisture, phenylmercuric acetate (PMA) in combination with kaolinite, Mobileaf, PMA alone, and Kaolinite alone in this order.
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