Vol. 6, Issue 5 (2018)
Soil temperature variation for different plastic mulches for capsicum crop under greenhouse condition
Author(s): K Laulina and M Hasan
Abstract: To suggest plastic mulch use inside the greenhouse and to generate information experiment was conducted to study the effect of mulch (silver, yellow and black plastic mulch) on soil temperature under polyhouse condition. In this study, field experiment was carried out to study the response of different colored plastic mulches on surface and root zone temperature of drip fertigated capsicum under greenhouse. The experiment was conducted under naturally ventilated greenhouse condition at Centre for Protected Cultivation Technology (CPCT) farm at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. Three colored plastic mulches selected were silver, yellow and black on black plastics and three levels of irrigation were 100%, 80% and 60% ETc respectively. Soil temperature was measured at soil surface beneath the mulch cover and at 10 cm depth respectively. The use of plastic mulch in naturally ventilated greenhouse decreased the surface soil temperature up to 2 to 3 oC during summer and during winter increased the surface soil temperature up to 3 to 5 oC in comparison with control condition. It was found that the mulch practice in the naturally ventilated greenhouse optimize the microclimatic conditions necessary for capsicum growth which enhance the irrigation water use and yield.
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K Laulina, M Hasan. Soil temperature variation for different plastic mulches for capsicum crop under greenhouse condition. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(5):3339-3342.
