Organic Mulching - Water Use Efficient Technique for Tomato Production

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

Renu Yadav, Shiv Bhushan Verma

Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), a member of family Solanaceae, is the most popular and widely grown vegetable in the

world. In spite of its wide cultivation, the average yield is rather low since little attention is paid towards scientific cultivation.

Moisture stress, which affects the production adversely, is one of the major problems for its cultivation. From the findings of the

several studies it shows that organic mulching can reduce evaporation rates ,provides valuable nutrients as the mulch eaks

down, encourages worms, which aerate the soil and provide fertilizer in the form of worm castings and reduces the amount of

weeds by inhibiting the germination of weed seeds. In this paper, an attempt has been made to overview on the various types of

organic mulching benefits and its limitations.