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Effect of moisture regimes and level of fertilizer application on yield and water requirement of jute (Corchorus olitorius L. and Corchorus capsularis L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

C. S. Patel  and
A. K. Mandal
C. S. Patel
Affiliation:
Jute Agricultural Research Institute, Barrackpore, West Bengal, India
A. K. Mandal
Affiliation:
Jute Agricultural Research Institute, Barrackpore, West Bengal, India
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Summary

Field experiments on the effect of moisture regimes and fertilizer application on fibre yield of two jute varieties showed that JRO 632 (Corchorus olitorius L.) produced significantly more fibre, utilized moisture more efficiently and extracted water from deeper layers than did JRC 212 (Corchorus capsularis L.). Scheduling of irrigation at 20% available soil moisture (ASM) gave the highest fibre yield in normal (1970) and drought (1972) years but unirrigated conditions (dry regime) gave highest yield in a year of excess rainfall (1971). The consumptive use (CU) increased from dry to wet regimes and the water use efficiency (WTJE) was greater in dry regimes in normal as well as in excess rainfall years. But the WUE was maximal when the crop was irrigated at 60% ASM in the drought year. The water requirement of the jute crop was 490 mm in the normal and excess rainfall years (20% ASM and dry regime respectively) while in the drought year it was 560 mm (20% ASM). The moisture extraction was more from deeper depths in the dry regime and only from shallower depths in wet regimes.

The fibre yield increased with increase in nitrogen application from 40 to 80 kg/ha. Application of 40 kg P2O5 and 40 kg K2O/ha did not improve the fibre yield in the excess rainfall and drought years. In the drought year (1972) irrigating at 20% ASM and 80 kg N/ha and in the excess rainfall year (1971) the dry regime with 40 kg N/ha produced highest fibre yields. There was not much variation in CU and WE of the crop due to different fertilizer levels. The WUE was increased by irrigating at 20% ASM with 80 kg N/ha in a crop rotation system where P and K were applied to preceding crop.

Type
Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 101 , Issue 2 , October 1983 , pp. 311 - 316
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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