Magnetized irrigation water for enhancing production of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)

Abstract

The investigation entitled “Magnetized irrigation water for enhancing production of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)” was carried out as two experiments at the Instructional Farm, College of Agriculture, Vellayani during 2018-2021, to study the effect of magnetization on quality of irrigation water, to assess the impact of magnetized water on growth, yield and quality of brinjal, to evaluate the effect of magnetized irrigation water on soil properties and to work out the economics. The present investigation revealed that employing magnetic strength of 2000G was effective for getting good quality irrigation water, and scheduling of irrigation with this water at IW/CPE ratio of 0.8 along with 75 per cent RDF could be recommended for obtaining higher growth, yield and monetary returns from both plant and ratoon crop of brinjal.