Canopy Management and Chemical Manipulation on Pod Characteristics of Annual Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) Cv. PKM 1 During Off Season Production
2014
Bharathi, C Sharmila | Pugalendhi, L.
An experiment was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Veterinary College and Research Institute Campus, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu during 2012 – 2014 to study the influence of canopy management and chemical manipulation on Pod characteristics of annual moringa cv.PKM 1. To prevent the entry of rain water and to increase the soil temperature around the plant, two mulching treatments were imposed viz., mulching with 50 micron black polythene and without mulching. Pruning of moringa plant was done at one year after planting at different months viz., July, August and September. Growth retardants as uniconazole 50 ppm and mepiquat chloride 50 ppm were sprayed on one month and two months after pruning. Plants mulched with 50 micron black polyethylene film + July pruning+ sprayed with uniconazole 50 ppm has greatly improved pod characteristics like pod length (72.25 cm), pod girth (3.17 cm), flesh content (82.09 g/pod) and number of seeds per pod (23.95).
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