Vol. 11, Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Hapemo Ngullie K, Manoj Dutta, Alongba Jamir, S Patton and Sewak Ram

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted to assess the effect of tillage and mulching on the performance and status of some vital soil properties on cultivating pigeon pea. Yield attributes and yield like plant height, pod length, number of seeds per pod, stover yield and grain yield was observed and recorded. The study revealed that types of tillage did not have any significant effect on the recorded yield and yield attributes. Application of plastic mulch was found superior than control and other mulching materials in terms of plant height, pod length, number of seeds per pod, stover yield and grain yield. Addition of mulching materials also caused a progressive improvement in soil properties such as cation exchange capacity, bulk density, particle density, water holding capacity, mean weight diameter and percent aggregate >0.25 mm. The results from the study conducted demonstrate the status of the prominence of using mulching materials for different yield and yield attributing characteristics and improvement in soil properties.