Madras Agricultural Journal
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Enhancing the Productivity of Annual Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam. ) var. PKM 1 through High Density Planting and Fertigation Techniques

Abstract

Experiments on high density planting and fertigation in annual moringa PKM 1 were conducted at Horticultural College and Research Institute, Periyakulam during 2008 – 2012. Among the twenty four treatment combinations evaluated, adopting high density planting system with a spacing of 1.5 × 1.0 m with two plants per hill and maintaining the plant population of 13,333 ha-1along with application of 1352345 g of NPK pit -1 recorded the highest yield of 114.25 tonnes ha-1and BC ratio of 4.96 when compared to control which recorded the yield of 28.63 tonnes ha-1and BC ratio of 1.72.

Keywords: Annual Moringa, High density planting, Fertigation and Productivity.

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