Effect of polythene and organic mulching under different levels of manuring practices of growth and yield of okra Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.

摘要

Okra cv. Parbhani Kranti plants were subjected to different mulching (using green leaves of Antigonon leptopus or polyethylene sheets) and fertilizer treatments (oilseed cake and/or NPK at 25:25:25 or 50:25:25) in a field experiment conducted in India during the kharif season [date not given]. The highest pod yield (171.92 q/ha), cost:benefit ratio (4.86) and growth attributing characters were observed with 10 t FYM/ha + 50:25:25 kg NPK/ha under the green leaves of A. leptopus. In general, green leaf mulching was better and cheaper than polythene mulching.