Conserving moisture helps enhance almond yield


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Authors

  • Dinesh Kumar
  • K K Srivastava
  • D B Singh

Abstract

Almond is a high-value crop in temperate region of India, particularly inKashmir valley. The moisture stress during summers is major constraint forgetting proper yield. To overcome this, an attempt was made to enhanceproductivity of rainfed almond orchards through different moistureconservation techniques where irrigation facilities are not available andsupplemental irrigation is also uneconomical. The full-moon, half-moon andtrench water harvesting techniques along with plastic mulch/grass mulchimproved the almond yield by conserving more moisture during nut growthand kernel-filling stage under rainfed condition.

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Author Biographies

  • Dinesh Kumar
    (Scientists ), ICAR-Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Rehmankhera, Lucknow 226 101, Uttar Pradesh.
  • K K Srivastava
    (Scientists ), ICAR-Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Rehmankhera, Lucknow 226 101, Uttar Pradesh.
  • D B Singh
    Di rector, ICAR-Cent ral Ins t i tute of Temperate
    Horticulture, Srinagar 190 007, Jammu and Kashmir.

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Submitted

2018-08-07

Published

2018-11-01

Issue

Vol. 63 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

Kumar, D., Srivastava, K. K., & Singh, D. B. (2018). Conserving moisture helps enhance almond yield. Indian Horticulture, 63(1). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndHort/article/view/82162