Effect of irrigation and Mulche on barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) in central Punjab

Abstract

An experiment was conducted during Rabi season of 2017 at Experimental Farm of Department of Agriculture, Mata Gujri College, Shri Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab to study the effect of irrigation and mulching on barley (Hordeum vulgareL.) in Central Punjab. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with eight treatments viz. T2 - mulch (paddy straw @ 4 t/ha) + irrigation at CRI stage, T3 - irrigationat CRI stage, T4 -mulch (paddy straw @ 6 t/ha) + irrigation at CRI stage, T5 - Two irrigation at CRI and tillering T6 - mulch (paddystraw @ 6 t/ha) + irrigation at CRI and flowering, T7 - mulch (paddy straw @ 4 t/ha) + irrigation at CRI and flowering, T8 - irrigation at CRI, MT & heading stage were compared with T1- control treatment. The treatments were replicated thrice. On the basis of result summarized the maximum growth parameters viz. Plant height (cm), number of tillers in running meter, leaf area index and dry matter accumulation (g/m) were maximum with the application ofT6- mulch (paddystraw @ 6 t/ha) of Rs. 87784.66 ha and maximum benefit: cost ratio is 1.15.