Impact of Reeling Effluent Irrigation on Growth and Yield of V1 Mulberry Variety
Ashrith, S. *
Department of Sericulture, College of Agriculture, GKVK, Bengaluru, (Karnataka), India.
Chandrashekhar, S
Department of Sericulture, College of Agriculture, GKVK, Bengaluru, (Karnataka), India.
Manjunath Gowda
Department of Sericulture, College of Agriculture, GKVK, Bengaluru, (Karnataka), India.
Chikkalingaiah
Department of Sericulture, College of Agriculture, GKVK, Bengaluru, (Karnataka), India.
Naveen, D. V
Department of Soil Science, College of Sericulture, Chintamani, (Karnataka), India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted during 2022-2023 at Department of Sericulture, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru to study the growth and development of mulberry when irrigated with various proportions of reeling effluent and borewell water along with recommended doses of NPK and FYM. Five treatments were laid out in RCBD with four replications. Among all the treatments application of 100 per cent reeling effluent for irrigation to mulberry plant has recorded the highest growth parameters on 30, 45 and 60 DAP, viz., number of shoots (20.25, 23.65 and 28.05 No.), mean shoot length (49.74, 109.32 and 137.32 cm), plant height (138.23, 197.47 and 225.47 cm), internodal distance (5.01, 5.49 and 5.73 cm), number of leaves (185.80, 424.40 and 542.90 No.), leaf area (105.21, 204.33 and 219.33 cm2) and leaf yield (940.94 g/plant and 58.07 tonnes/ha/yr on 60 DAP, respectively) compare to control. An overview of the study revealed that 100 per cent reeling effluent has significantly improved the growth and yield parameters of mulberry.
Keywords: Reeling effluent, bore well water, mulberry