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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2019, Volume : 7, Issue : 4
First page : (444) Last page : (447)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.7621

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index of Banana Crop as Influenced by Various Colour Plastic Mulches

Paradkar V. D.^1*, Yadvendra Palsingh², Vikas Sharma³ and Manpreet Kaur^4
1,2,3Department of Soil and Water Engineering,
⁴Department of Textiles and Apparel Designing,
College of Technology and Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology,
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: paradkarvd@gmail.com
Received: 6.07.2019  |  Revised: 15.08.2019   |  Accepted: 20.08.2019  

 ABSTRACT

The research was conducted to study the effect of six coloured plastic mulches along with no mulch treatment on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values of banana crop at MPKV, Rahuri, Maharashtra, India. The plastic mulches were yellow, blue, silver, white, red and pervious plastic mulches. All the seven treatments were given irrigation with 48% of pan evaporation. The results indicated that, highest NDVI value (0.894) observed in plants under pervious plastic mulch, followed by that (0.891) in silver black plastic mulch at 300 days after transplanting due to greater density of vegetation. The minimum NDVI value (0.810) at 300 days after transplanting was observed in plants under no mulch treatment. NDVI values in all treatments increased continuously during peak growth period of banana crop and decreased slightly in the harvesting stage of the crop. This may be due to reason that, the banana crop remained green or healthy in the harvesting stage also.

Keywords: Banana, mulch, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)

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Cite this article: Paradkar, V.D., Palsingh, Y., Sharma, V., & Kaur, M. (2019). Normalized Difference Vegetation Index of Banana Crop as Influenced by Various Colour Plastic Mulches, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 7(4), 444-447. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.7621