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 |
Onion crop is highly prone to yield loss from water stress and weed invasion. Mulching could be a better management practice for onion farmers in India for improving the productivity. The field experiment in the study included onion cultivation in raised beds in Vertisol under three levels of mulching (white plastic mulch, paddy straw mulch and control) and three levels of fertilizer rates (50, 75 and 100% of recommended dose of fertilizers (125, 50 and 125 kg ha-1 of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium). The plastic mulch with fertigation of 100% RDF was recorded with highest net present worth (Rs. 712578), benefit cost ratio (1.49), internal rate of return (522%) and lowest payback period (0.66). The drip fertigation with plastic mulch was found to be an economically viable option to be recommended among farmers in arid and semi arid climate.
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