Aim: To study about the effect of organic and inorganic mulches on ridge gourd.
 Study Design: The experiment was carried out with 7 treatments in Randomized Block Design (RBD) three replications.
 Place Duration Study: Research trial at P.G block, College Horticulture, Rajendranagar, SKLTSHU, Hyderabad during Kharif, 2021 Summer, 2022.
 Results: Among treatments, results reporte...

abstract this study was conducted to determine the impacts of plastic mulch, drip irrigation method and different amount of water and their interactions on yield, water use efficiency (wue) and quality characteristic of tomato (mobile cultivar). the study was conducted in torogh agricultural research station, razavi khorasan province. the study was done during 2007-2008. experimental design was...

Four studies were conducted in Georgia during spring 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 to evaluate various management tactics for reducing thrips and thrips-vectored tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) in tomato and their interactions relative to fruit yield. Populations of thrips vectors of TSWV, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) and Frankliniella fusca (Hinds), were determined using flower and stic...

Black polyethylene film mulches affect the activity of some nematicides (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9). Other mulches also may influence the results of fumigat ion tests; for example, hay mulches, cause the soil to remain cooler (8). Salt-hay mulches are used by strawberry growers, many of whom fumigate. Mulches of grass clippings, wood chips, or leaf mold are used by homeowners. Clear plastic mulche...

The present field experiment was carried out during 2021-2022 at the Vegetable Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom University Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj. laid in Randomized Block Design with three replications nine treatments. investigation a view to study effect different mulching material on growth, yield quality watermelon. results revealed that pl...

Aim: To study the effect of different mulches on quality and soil parameters ridge gourd.
 Study Design: The experiment was carried out with 7 treatments in Randomized Block Design (RBD) three replications.
 Place Duration Study: research trial at P.G block, College Horticulture, Rajendranagar, SKLTSHU, Hyderabad during Kharif, 2021 summer, 2022.
 Results: Among organic inorganic...

A viruses and silverleaf whitefly can completely devastate cantaloupe crops, causing serious economic losses to growers. The California Melon Research Advisory Board (2003) lists the management and control of aphid-borne viruses and whitefly as a top pest-management research priority. At the UC Kearney Research and Extension Center (KREC), we studied the use of reflective plastic mulch and stra...