Vol. 12, Issue 8 (2023)

Author(s):
Santosh Kumar Sahu, MC Bhambri, Vinamrata Jain, GK Shrivastava, MS Paikra, MK Chandraker and RR Saxena

Abstract:
A field experiment, aimed to study the performance of drip irrigation levels and weed management methods on growth and productivity of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) in mango orchard was conducted at Pt. Kishori Lal Shukla College of Horticulture and Research Station, Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) during 2019-20 and 2020-21. The results indicated that all the growth parameters like plant height, number of leaves and tillers and dry matter production were significantly higher values were observed under drip irrigation at 1.0 Epan and hand weeding thrice at 25, 50 and 75 DAP while, flood irrigation at 1.0 Epan and unweeded control recorded the lowest values of these parameters during 2019-20 and 2020-21. The combination of drip irrigation at 1.0 Epan with hand weeding thrice at 25, 50 and 75 DAP recorded significantly the highest fresh rhizomes yield (29.10, 32.40 and 30.75 t ha^-1) and cured rhizomes yield (6.58, 6.93 and 6.76 t ha^-1) during 2019-20, 2020-21 and on mean basis, respectively.