National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Mulching is an agricultural and horticultural technique in which the use of organic is involved. Mulching is widely utilized in modern day horticulture especially in fruits and vegetable crops throughout the world. The need for modernization and improvement of cultivation technologies is always present and mulching is one such technique which improves the ecological environment of the soil, growth and yield of vegetable crops. This technique is very useful in protecting the roots of the plants from heat, cold. Mulch is used to cover soil surface around the plants to create congenial condition for the growth. The plastic mulches are completely impermeable to water, preventing direct evaporation of moisture from the soil, limiting the water losses and, soil erosion over the surface, and preventing the rise of water containing salt, which is important in countries with high salt content water resources. The most commonly used vegetables mulch is black plastic mulch because it retards weed growth and warm soil. Clear plastic mulch is used in cold areas due to its increased capability for raising soil temperature. Infrared transmitting mulch can be used to achieve earliness in crops.
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