Crop geometry and dripper spacing in turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) raised with single bud transplants
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.4640Keywords:
crop geometry, drip fertigation, dripper spacing, single bud transplants, turmeric, water use efficiencyAbstract
Field experiments were conducted to study the effect of dripper spacing and plant spacing on growth, yield and WUE of turmeric (Curcuma longa) raised with rhizome bud seedling at Agricultural Research Station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Bhavanisagar, Erode Dt., Tamil Nadu, India. The treatment structure includes two dripper spacing viz., 60 cm and 40 cm with combination of four plant spacing viz., 30 cm x 15 cm, 30 cm x 20 cm, 30 cm x 25 cm and 45 cm x 15 cm and with conventional (furrow / surface) irrigation method as control. The trials were laid out in randomized block design and replicated thrice. The irrigation is being applied once in three days through drip at 80 per cent PE which is common for all the treatments except the conventional method. The fertigation is being given once in ten days by following the fertigation schedule of turmeric. The results revealed that drip irrigation at 80 per cent Pan Evaporation (PE) with 60 cm dripper spacing and crop spacing of 30 cm x 20 cm recorded higher rhizome yield as well as high income and B:C ratio. Significantly lowest yield was observed in the control treatment (conventional method). Turmeric cultivated under drip irrigation system resulted in saving of 48 per cent of water when compared to conventional method with a WUE ranging from 19.4 to 26.5 kg ha-1mm-1
Downloads
References
Pandey DK, Mishra DP, Mustafa Md. Response of various level of nitrogen and plant spacing on yield and yield attributing char-acters of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) at farmers field of Azam-garh. Uttar Pradesh Progressive Horticulture. 2011;43(2):320-22.
Shakur MA. Turmeric cultivation method (Bengali), Spices Re-search Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Bogra, Bangladesh; 2000.
Turmeric outlook. Agricultural Market Intelligence Centre, PJTSAU. 2023.
Season and Crop Report. Department of Economics and Statis-tics. Chennai. Government of Tamil Nadu. 2020-21.
Sivanappan RK. Status on the use of micro irrigation system in crop production. In: Shivashankar K (Ed.), Micro irrigation and fertigation. UAS, Bangalore; 1995.p.16-25.
Selvaraj PK, Krishnamurthi VV, Manickasundaram P, James Martin G, Ayyaswamy M. Effect of irrigation schedules and nitro-gen levels on the yield of turmeric through drip irrigation. Madras Agricultural Journal.1997;84:347-48.
Singandhupe RB, Brahmanand PS. Status of fertigation in vege-table, plantation and cash crops: a review. In: International Conference on Micro and Sprinkler Irrigation Systems, February 8-10, Jalgaon, Maharashtra; 2000. p.84.
Chitra R, Jansirani P. Protray transplants – An improved tech-nology of turmeric. Indian Journal of Arecanut, Spices and Me-dicinal Plants. 2014;16(2):21-24.
Panse VG, Sukhatme PV. Statistical methods for agricultural workers. ICAR, New Delhi. 1967;p.153-75.
Nautiyal N, Tiwari D, Upadhyay S, Chauhan RS. Effect of nitro-gen levels and plant spacing on growth and yield of turmeric. International Journal of Applied and Pure Science and Agricul-ture. 2016;2(10):184-92.
Kumar B, Gill BS. Growth, yield and quality of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) as influenced by planting method, plant density and planting material. Journal of Spices and Aromatic Crops. 2010;19(1-2):42-49.
Kelaskar VJ, Gajbhiye RC, Mali PC, Khandekar RG, Salvi BR, Salvi VG. Response of turmeric varieties to different spacings in rela-tion to growth and development under Konkan Agro-Climatic Condition. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Science. 2020;11:2209-14.
Mogle SN. Effect of mother and finger rhizome with different spacings on growth, yield of turmeric Cv. Krishna. M.Sc. (Agri) Hort. [Thesis]. V.N.K.V Parbhani; 1999
Rathod SD, Kadam JH, Kathmale DK, Mali MD. Influence of drip irrigation with deficit irrigation levels and planting layouts on performance of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.). International Jour-nal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 2020;9(10):1202-13. https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.910.144
Kiran M, Bibi R, Jillani MS, Waseem K, Ullah G, Javeria S, Niamatullah M. Effect of plant spacing on profitable yield of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.). Pakistan Journal of Science. 2013;65(4):486-91.
Chattopadhayay SB, Ghosh SK, Mukhopadhyay TP. Effect of planting distance on growth and yield of turmeric. Indian Jour-nal of Agriculture. 1993;37:123-26.
Silva NF da, Sonnenberg PE, Borges JD, da Silva NF. Growth and production of turmeric as a result of mineral fertilizer and plant-ing density. Horticulture Brasileira. 2004;22:61-65. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-05362004000100012
Sangeetha KS, Suresh J. Fertigation of N and K on the fertilizer use efficiency in turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) transplants. Jour-nal of Crop and Weed. 2018;14(1):50-54.
Ughade SR, Mahadkar UV. Effect of different planting density, irrigation and fertigation levels on growth and yield of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.). The Bioscan. 2015;10(3):1205-11.
Brar AS, Vashist KK, Kaur K. Drip fertigation improves biophysi-cal and economic water productivity of turmeric (Curcuma lon-ga). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 2020;90(2):326-30. https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v90i2.99013
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Kandasamy Ramah, T Selvakumar, R Chitra, M P Kavitha, S Subbulakshmi
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright and Licence details of published articles
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
Open Access Policy
Plant Science Today is an open access journal. There is no registration required to read any article. All published articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC Attribution 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
