ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on water use efficiency of drip irrigated chili crop. As the chili crop is vegetable crop, its harvesting was done from time to time by picking of fruits. The harvesting was completed in nine pickings. The chapter presents data pertaining to average yield of green chili as influenced by polyethylene mulch and different irrigation levels. The field experiment on the effects of different irrigation methods on the crop growth and yield of chili was conducted during kharif season of 2014 at Chili and Vegetable Research Unit, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, India. The field experiment was laid out in randomized block design, with four replications and five treatments of drip irrigation at different levels of evapotranspiration (ET) with and without plastic mulching. Irrigation to chili crop was scheduled on every alternate day considering the cumulative pan evaporation of previous two days.
