To Protect Vegetable Crops From Heat
About the Practice
Growing castor trees for the protection of vegetable crops from the summer winds thus increasing the crop productivity.
About the Innovator
Agro-Ecological Zone: Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) : Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia ( 2.4, 2.3), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) : Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) : North West Zone (GJ-5) North Saurashtra (GJ-6)
Address: Zinzuda
District: Surendranagar
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 363520
Practice Details
Crop: Vegetable Crop
Formulation: Castor trees
Ingredients: Castor (Ricinus communis) plants
PAS 1:
"Trees grouped together as windbreaks are credited withe improvement of physical conditions, probably most tangibly expressed as protection of crop and crop land".
https://books.google.co.in/bookshl=en&lr=&id=j3kwAAAAYAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=growing+trees+to+protect+the+crop+from+summer+winds&ots=gaO1S0uTk4&sig=NYogbzWV6S0RBE3AlPHYxeyoNao&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=growing%20trees%20to%20protect%20the%20crop%20from%20summer%20winds&f=false
"Nets are commonly used to protect agricultural crops from either excessive solar radiation, or environmental hazards, or pests."
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yosepha_Shahak/publication/283859941_ColorNets_Crop_protection_and_light-quality_manipulation_in_one_technology/links/56e4620c08ae98445c1ef533/ColorNets-Crop-protection-and-light-quality-manipulation-in-one-technology.pdf
"Strip cropping, using alternate strips of small grains, corn (Zea mays L.), or sorghum with a fallow strip, has been used for years on erodible soils in the Northern and Central Great Plains to reduce wind erosion."
https://infosys.ars.usda.gov/WindErosion/publications/Andrew_pdf/Methods%20of%20Controlling%20Wind%20Erosion.pdf