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Mulching: A diversified and multipurpose input in agriculture
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The ever-growing demand for food has led to the depletion of natural resources. Water scarcity, land degradation, and climate change are the main factors contributing to declining crop productivity. To address this issue, there is a need to adopt suitable agronomic strategies. Mulching is one way this practice addresses this issue. Since time immemorial, people have been using organic residues as mulching material. Nowadays, people find it cumbersome to utilise crop residues. The development of plastic mulching material overcame this issue due to its easy and plentiful availability. Plastic mulch has its own advantages and disadvantages. In today’s world, the haphazard use of this material has led to the threat of micro plastics. Micro plastics are small in size and escape waste management practices. They contaminate ecosystems, clog the soil pores, enter the food chain, and take a very long time to degrade. So, balanced use of both organic and inorganic materials is the need of the...
A DETAILED REVIEW OF MULCHING: AN IMPORTANT TECHNIQUE IN AGRICULTURAL CROP PRODUCTION
Muhammad Tayyab Bilal
Due to fast increase of the worldwide population, the requirements for foods to meet nutritional demands has risen dramatically. To fulfill the standard requirements, this necessitates increased global plant and food security. Mulches are generally among the most effective ways for increasing agricultural output while also protecting plants from certain elements that have an impact on agricultural production and yield. There are many distinct forms of mulches, but plastic mulches are perhaps the greatest extensively used globally. Plastic mulches are made up of a thin or thick covering of water-resistant substance that is liberally dispersed across farming area to keep moisture from evaporating. Plastic mulches help to minimize land degradation and offer a protection against microorganisms in soil. They are highly effective in controlling weeds & can be applied for an extended period of duration These can indeed be made manually but machinery are frequently used. Due to Pakistan's severe river water scarcity, which were estimated at 11% in 2004 and are anticipated to reach 31% by 2025, it is imperative that certain solutions be implemented in attempt to reach peoples personal fundamental needs. Furthermore, to address the water shortage, additional holding facilities are essential. Mulches must be installed in appropriate opportunities to enhance output at the minimum cost.
AGRO SCIENCE Mulching an arenic hapludult at Umudike effects on selected
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Mulching for Moisture, Weed Control and Soil Protection: USDA NRCS Practice (484)
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Luisa F Castro, PhD
International Journal of Plant & Soil Science
Application and Impacts of Mulch Installation Techniques on Indian Horticulture: An In-depth Review
Hiren Das
Mulching, an ancient agricultural practice, has emerged as a critical tool in modern horticulture due to its numerous benefits. This review examines the application and impacts of mulch installation techniques on Indian horticulture, with a focus on understanding different mulch types, traditional and modern techniques, advantages, potential impacts on crop growth and yield, and environmental implications. The introduction elucidates the definition and historical importance of mulching in horticulture and sets the objective of the review: to comprehensively assess various mulch installation techniques and their impacts on Indian agriculture. The subsequent sections delve into the different types of mulches used in Indian horticulture, categorizing them into organic, inorganic, and biodegradable materials. Each type is discussed in detail, including its benefits and concerns, providing a holistic understanding of the materials available to farmers. Traditional mulching techniques, su...
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Mulching for Commercial Fruit Production.pdf
Sachin Tyagi
Mulching is an important soil management practice of covering the soil surface around the base of plants to make conditions more favorable for growing and to conserve the available soil moisture. Mulch is a layer of material applied to the surface of an area of soil. This is one of the important soil management practices adopted in certain countries. Crop residues like straw, cotton stalks, leaves, saw dust, pine needles, coir dust arid other materials like polythene films or certain special kinds of paper are spread in the tree basins and in inter spaces between trees. It affects soil temperature (depending on color, soil-mulch contact, bed orientation, time of year, light quality), reduces the weeds and keeps the fruit clean. Main objective of mulching is to conserve soil moisture and to control the weed growth. The other well known effects of mulching are regulation of soil temperature, improvement of soil aeration, control of weed population, increase in organic matter content (organic mulch) and also increase the activity of soil micro-organisms. The use of mulch material depends on its availability and mostly economic in nature. The commonly used mulch materials in fruit orchards are organic (fallen leaves, paddy straw, saw dust, hay etc.) and inorganic (plastic mulch, rubber mulch and polygene etc.). Organic mulch materials also include pruned materials in fruit orchards. Mulching facilitates for more retention of soil moisture and helps in control of temperature fluctuations, improves physical, chemical and biological properties of soil, as it adds nutrients to the soil and ultimately enhances the growth and yield of crops.
Evaluation of Mulching Technology Application for Cultivation of Agricultural Crops
2019 •
Nurgul Kazangapova
One of the ways to solve the problems of increasing soils fertility, maintaining fields’ moisture and protection against weed grass refers to the soil mulching using different materials. The effect of transparent and black films as mulching agents of light chestnut soils in comparison to “normal” conditions (in mulching agent absence) on the transformation and the accumulation of the main ions, the values of pH and Eh in the “water-soil” ecosystem is investigated. It is found that the ions of calcium, magnesium, hydrocarbonate are accumulated by plants; the ions of sodium, sulphates and chlorides are concentrated in the soils. The pulp of cucumbers grown on soils under mulch contains also a higher concentrations of phosphorus 1.4 3.6 times greater than that of the control sample (0.04 % 0.07 %). The highest values are obtained in presence of a black film.
Mulches in California Vegetable Crop Production
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