ABSTRACT
288A field experiment was conducted on the sandy loam soil at northern transition zone II of India to compare the yield and water use efficiency of cabbage under different level drip (80%, 100%, and 120% ET) and furrow irrigation with mulch and nonmulch condition. The crop was grown in rabi season in Main Agricultural Research Station, University of Agricultural Science, Raichur. The study showed that the water use efficiency was higher in mulch with 80% ET (36.95 kg m-3) followed by 80% ET with nonmulch condition (33.85 kg m-3). The water use efficiency was lowest in furrow irrigation with nonmulch plots (10.91 kg m-3). The study also showed that the highest yield was recorded in mulch (81.24 t/ha) than the nonmulch (74.08 t/ha). In the combined effect, the mulch with 100% ET (92.95 t/ha) recorded the maximum yield than the same level of irrigation under nonmulch treatment (84.19 t/ha). From the study, the results showed the yield and water use efficiency of cabbage were higher in 100% ET with mulch.
