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 |
A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2016 and 2017 on Alfisols to test the impact of hydrogel application on rainfed castor. The study indicated that despite slight improvement in soil moisture content due to hydrogel amendment, it failed to bring out significant increase in growth and yield traits thus seed yield of rainfed castor. Further, net returns and B:C ratio were reduced due to hydrogel application as compared to control. Additional net returns were also negative (Rs. -4594 to -11547 ha-1) due to additional cost (Rs. 3500 to 10500 ha-1) incurred following hydrogel application. Hence, hydrogel application couldn’t show great impact on rainfed castor productivity due to its’ long duration, indeterminate nature and inherent ability to withstand short term droughts.
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