Abstract
The field experiment entitled “Effect of mulching on growth and productivity of Bt cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)” was conducted at Research Farm of University College of Agriculture, Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda to study the effect of different levels of mulching on growth and yield of Bt cotton during kharif season in 2018. The trial was laid out in randomized complete block design and replicated thrice. Application of wheat straw as mulching significantly reduced the weed biomass in the crop. The treatment consists of control, hand hoeing, wheat straw as mulching @ 5, 10 and 15 t/ha. Application of wheat straw as mulching significantly increased growth parameters viz., plant height, dry matter accumulation, number of branches plant-1 and leaf area index and yield attributes viz., number of bolls plant-1, boll weight, seed cotton yield, and stalk yield. With application of mulching @ 5, 10 and 15 t/ha recorded 19.2, 38.4 and 34.4% more seed cotton yield than control.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat straw mulch significantly reduced weed biomass.
- Taxon
- Gossypium hirsutum L.
Gossypium hirsutumt0 - Treatment
- wheat straw as mulchinge0
- Outcome
- weed biomasse0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Bt Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)”
e0“Application of wheat straw as mulching significantly reduced the weed biomass in the crop.”
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat straw mulch significantly increased cotton height, dry matter, branch number, and leaf area index.
- Taxon
- Gossypium hirsutum L.Gossypium hirsutumt0
- Treatment
- wheat straw as mulchinge0
- Outcome
- plant height, dry matter accumulation, number of branches plant-1 and leaf area indexe0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Bt Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)”
e0“Application of wheat straw as mulching significantly increased growth parameters viz., plant height, dry matter accumulation, number of branches plant-1 and leaf area index”
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat straw mulch significantly increased boll number, boll weight, seed cotton yield, and stalk yield.
- Taxon
- Gossypium hirsutum L.Gossypium hirsutumt0
- Treatment
- wheat straw as mulchinge0
- Outcome
- number of bolls plant-1, boll weight, seed cotton yield, and stalk yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Bt Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)”
e0“Application of wheat straw as mulching significantly increased growth parameters viz., plant height, dry matter accumulation, number of branches plant-1 and leaf area index and yield attributes viz., number of bolls plant-1, boll weight, seed cotton yield, and stalk yield.”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulch at 5 t/ha increased seed cotton yield 19.2% over control.
- Taxon
- Gossypium hirsutum L.Gossypium hirsutumt0
- Treatment
- mulching @ 5e0
- Outcome
- seed cotton yielde0
- Direction
- moree0
- Value
- 19.2e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Bt Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)”
e0“With application of mulching @ 5, 10 and 15 t/ha recorded 19.2, 38.4 and 34.4% more seed cotton yield than control.”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulch at 10 t/ha increased seed cotton yield 38.4% over control.
- Taxon
- Gossypium hirsutum L.Gossypium hirsutumt0
- Treatment
- mulching @ 5, 10 and 15 t/hae0
- Outcome
- seed cotton yielde0
- Direction
- moree0
- Value
- 38.4e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Bt Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)”
e0“With application of mulching @ 5, 10 and 15 t/ha recorded 19.2, 38.4 and 34.4% more seed cotton yield than control.”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulch at 15 t/ha increased seed cotton yield 34.4% over control.
- Taxon
- Gossypium hirsutum L.Gossypium hirsutumt0
- Treatment
- mulching @ 5, 10 and 15 t/hae0
- Outcome
- seed cotton yielde0
- Direction
- moree0
- Value
- 34.4%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Bt Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)”
e0“With application of mulching @ 5, 10 and 15 t/ha recorded 19.2, 38.4 and 34.4% more seed cotton yield than control.”
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