EFFECT OF TILLAGE AND MULCHING ON YIELD OF RAPESEED CROP IN MON DISTRICT NAGALAND

M.S. SACHAN¹*, P. MICHUI², R. MEZHATSU^3
1ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mon, Aboi, 798 603, Nagaland, India
²ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mon, Aboi, 798 603, Nagaland, India
³ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mon, Aboi, 798 603, Nagaland, India
* Corresponding Author : sachankvkmon@gmail.com

Received : 03-09-2019     Accepted : 26-09-2019     Published : 30-09-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 18       Pages : 9088 - 9090
Int J Agr Sci 11.18 (2019):9088-9090

Keywords : Tillage, Paddy straw, Mulching, Rapeseed, Soil moisture
Academic Editor : Dr Sneh Gautam, Ashutosh Sharma, Kishor Dhanpal Gharde, Dmello Basil Rudolph, P. K. Singh
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to the Director, ICAR- Agricultural Technology Application Research Institution, Barapani, Meghalaya and National Innovations Climate Resilient in Agriculture (NICRA) for providing necessary financial support to conduct this research. Authors are also thankful to ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mon, Aboi, 798 603, Nagaland, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

An experiment was conducted at Mon district Nagaland, during 2017-18 to study the effect of tillage and paddy straw mulching on growth, yield attributes of rapeseed (Brassica compestris L.) variety TS 38. Minimum tillage with paddy straw mulching increased the plant height, number of seeds per siliqua, number of siliqua per plant, seed yield and moisture content of rapeseed crop. Among all the practices zero tillage with paddy straw mulching gave similar results and maximum cost: benefit ratio followed by zero tillage.

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