PJB-2019-1013
MORINGA OLEIFERA LEAF PRODUCTION AS AFFECTED BY DIFFERENT ROW TO ROW AND PLANT TO PLANT SPACING
Abdul Fatah Soomro
Abstract
Abstract: A field experiment was conducted at Institute of Plant Introduction Farm, Saleh Muhammad village Malir Southern zone Agriculture Research Center, Karachi ( 24o25.11N 67o14.89E), Pakistan during 2018-2019 using randomized complete block design with two factors (Spacing and Cuttings). An experiment was designed for three spacing T1 (20X 20 cms) 100000 plants, T2 (40X40 cms) 25000 plants and T3 (60 X60 cms) 11111plants per acre with constant plot size of 3.23m X 8.0 m (25.84m2) using three replications. According to collected data T2 (40X40 cms) produced maximum 4292.2 and 583.67( Kgs) green and dry Moringa leaves yield per acre respectively followed by 2821.1 and 436.78 (kgs) green & dry leaves yield respectively per acre from the T3 wider spacing of (60X60 cms) where as the minimum 2492.7 and 385.44(kgs) green and dry leaves yield per acre respectively was recorded from the T1 narrow spacing of(20X20 cms). However, maximum 86.06 (g) and 13.17(g) green and dry leaves yield per plant respectively was observed from the wider row to row and plant to plant spacing (60X 60 cms). But overall as compare to optimum spacing (40X40 cms) the wider spacing(60X 60 cms) produces minimum leaf yield per acre this is because of minimum plant population per acre. A marked effect was noted in leaf production and under different spacing X cuttings it is because of more branches emergence after the subsequent cuttings.
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