Effect of irrigation schedule along with paddy straw mulching on growth characters of Matsedges (Cyperus tegetum Roxb.) under old alluvial zone of West Bengal
2012
Jana, Kal Van | Puste, A. M.
Cultivation of mat-sedges (Cyperus tegetum Roxb.) and its valuable products and production of matreed provides a gainful employment opportunity to the rural economy for their secured livelihoods. From the literature, preliminary survey and contact with the farmers at Sabong and Pingla block of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India, where it is being widely cultivated mostly as mono-crop with poor management practices by the poor and marginal farmers, resulted poor returns. From their practice, it proven that this crop is raised as per their traditional practice without much care, needs further improvised agro-techniques. So, on the basis of this fact, a field experiment was conducted to study the effect of irrigation schedule on growth characters of mat-sedges during 2006 -‘07 to 2007 -’ 08 at farmer's field at Bural under Sabong block area of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India on clay loam soil. From the experimental results it reveals that during kharif season, there was no significant difference observed in respect to growth characters of mat-sedges in pooled data. However, W₆ treatment (W₃ + paddy straw mulching during winter and summer season, respectively) exhibited highest crop growth rate (3.719 and 5.516), leaf area index (1.080 and 1.109), maximum stem area index (2.004 and 2.354) and higher value of total green area index (2.912 and 3.282) during winter and summer season, respectively (pooled data).
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