This slide share presents the cultivation methods that are taken up under irrigated and rainfed conditions which depends on the agro climatic conditions, variety and fertility of the soil

1. DEPARTMENT OF SERICULTURE
Seminar
Presented by
N.Nagaraju
Msc.sericulture
2023-2025
Supervised by
Dr. Kuntamalla Sujatha
Asst prof in sericulture

2. MULBERRY PLANTING SYSTEMS

3. Index
• Introduction
• Types of planting systems

4. Introduction
• Mulberry is planted either in the form of cuttings or grafts
• In India cuttings are planted in the tropical region and grafs
in the temparate region
• These planting system are adopted according to the
availability of agronomical inputs
• In irrigated and high rainfall areas

5. Types of planting systems
• Pit System
• Row system
• Paired row system
• Kolar system

6. Pit System
• After preparation of land pits of 30 cm,
diameter and 15 – 20 cm depth are dug as
per the spacing method selected
• Recent observations have shown that
digging pits of 45 ×45 cm depth gives
better result.
• This system is followed for a spacing of 90
cm × 90 cm under rainfed condition
RAINFED SYSTEM

7. • At the time of planting it is sufficient if
farmyard manure or composed at the
rate of 10 to 15 tone's per hector is
applied.
• Mulberry is planted in wide spacing
commonly into 3×3 this system is
practiced in rainfed conditions
• The advantage is that inter cultivation is
done using bullocks as the space is wide
thus saving on the cost of cultivation

8. • In pit system leaf harvesting by plucking is practised
and pruning is done only once a year .
• Irrigation is available the spacing is reduced to into
two 60 CM into 60 CM but the leaf harvesting is
done by plucks

9. Row system
• This system of planting is followed in
irrigated and high rainfall areas
• In this space between rows is wider
than space between plants within the
row
• In Kolar district of Karnataka the
plants within the row is 30-45cm and
the space between the plants within
the row is 4-6 (10cm)
IRRIGATED SYSTEMS

10. • Under the package of practices,the row
space is 2’(60cm) and plant distance of 9’
(22cm) i.e., 2×9 or 60×22cm is
recommended.
• In row system higher inputs of manure
and fertilizers are provided.
• Inter cultivation is done only by digging.
• The whole shoot is harvested by pruning
at the bottom in each crop and hence, the
leaf harvesting cost is low.

11. Paired row system
• Paired row system of planting
with)90+150) cm ×60 cm spacing is
advantages over the existing system of
plantation with 90×90cm or 60 cm ×60cm
spacing
• The advantage of paired row plantation
are spacing between two paired rows
facilities the use of power tiller for
intercultural operations and transportation
of leaves.

12. • It also facilities the use of drip irrigation
system.
• Accommodates more number of/acre.
• Easy and quick transportation of leaves
which reduces moisture loss.
• Saves labour up to 40% due to shoot
harvesting

13. • In tropical conditions as in South India ,
mulberry can root easily and therefore, can
be easily propagated through cuttings with
minimum of time and expenditure.
• The cutting should be prepared from 4-8
month’s old hard wood branches which are
brown in colour and at least ½ (10 -12mm) in
diameter.
• The cuttings should be at least 7-8(18-20cm)
long with a minimum of three buds the ends
of the cuttings should be clean cut with a
sharp knife, without split or bark peeling off.

14. Kolar system
• It is a modified row system that found in
Kolar district of Karnataka.
• Here the distance between the rows is
kept 30 -45 cm and that between two
plant’s is about 10-15.
• Under Kolar System cultivation the whole
shoot is cut to the ground level at each
harvest.
• Thus the pruning and harvesting are
combined together.

15. • In all five harvest are made in a year
and thus the plant receives five
pruning's.
• This is suitable only for tropical
climates, where mulberry sprouts all
the year round with no dormant
period for bud sprouting.
• This type of severe pruning however
needs heavy fertilization and
irrigation.