Journal of Applied Horticulture. 1999: 1(2): 125-127

Effect of black polythene and rice husk mulch on chemical composition of pineapple

Prasanta Das; Binita Hazarika

Department of Horticulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat 785013, Assam, India.

Mulching promoted the quality of pineapples cv. Kew, grown in India. Good quality fruits were observed in the black polythene mulch and rice husk (2.5 and 5 cm thick) treatments. The best quality fruits were obtained in the black polythene (50\micro) mulch treatment where plants were mulched throughout the cropping period.