Micro Irrigation for Hybrid Coconut
dc.contributor.author | Venkitaswamy, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hameed Khan, H. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-05T04:15:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-05T04:15:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007-02 | |
dc.description.abstract | A field experiment was conducted in red sandy loam soil at TNAU Agricultural Research Station, Aliyamagar to find out the water requirement for coconut through drip irrigation with Hybrid VHC-2.The drip system included 4 drippers placed 1 meter away from palm operated at discharge rate of 8 litres of water per hour.The system operated throughout the year except the period of rainfall under Aliyamagar conditions. The data collected from 1996-97 to 1998-99 revealed that drip irrigation equal to 100% of Pan evaporation (Eo) and basin irrigation at IW/CPE ratio of 1.0 at 4 cm depth recorded higher nut yields. The average nut yields for three years with drip at 100% Eo was on par with basin irrigation at IW/CPE ratio of 1.0 at 4 cm depth.The leaf N status was better with drip irrigation at 100% Eo and basin irrigation compared to life saving irrigation treatment. The soil available N and K did not reveal any significant variation due to irrigation treatments. However, available phosphorus status was found to decrease with increasing dose of irrigation through drips. The cost of production of nuts during 1998-99 indicated that the production cost was low with basin irrigation and drip irrigation at 100 % Eo (i.e) Rs.1.99 and 2.02 respectively. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Plantation Crops Research and Development in the New Millennium,(Proceedings of PLACROSYM XIV) CPCRI, Kasaragod 2002 p-102-105 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3685 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.title | Micro Irrigation for Hybrid Coconut | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |