Standardizing Drip Irrigation Schedule of Dragon (Kamlam) Fruit in UV stabilized polybag
Research Type
Departmental Research
Experiment Background
Dragon fruit crop is recently introduced in South Gujarat due its high market demand which is because it possesses highly nutrient, anti-oxidant fat free and high in fibre.
Until now it used to be grown in north Gujrat region alone, it got prominence only when Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly talked about its benefits while encouraging few farmers growing the crop in Kutch. Two years back fruit scientist tried the crop in Navsari Agricultural University farm and observed the climatic and soil conditions of South Gujarat is also giving encouraging results, several studies on the crop are already in pipeline and farmers are demanding the package of practices for the crop. It is observed that there is hardly any literature on irrigation scheduling on the crop.
Further, there is constraint of land everywhere, but the crop could also be grown in pots in terraces – balcony – roof tops and could be used for domestic consumption. Therefore, an experiment is planned with the following objectives.