Author(s):

Rupinder Kaur, Santosh Kumar and Harpreet Kaur

Abstract: An experiment was conducted during <em>Rabi</em> season of 2017 at Experimental Farm of Department of Agriculture, Mata Gujri College, Shri Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab to study the effect of irrigation and mulching on barley (<em>Hordeum vulgare</em>L.) in Central Punjab. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with eight treatments <em>viz</em>. T₂- mulch (paddy straw @ 4 t/ha) + irrigation at CRI stage, T₃_- irrigationat CRI stage, T₄-mulch (paddy straw @ 6 t/ha) + irrigation at CRI stage, T₅- Two irrigation at CRI and tillering T₆- mulch (paddystraw @ 6 t/ha) + irrigation at CRI and flowering, T₇- mulch (paddy straw @ 4 t/ha) + irrigation at CRI and flowering, T₈- irrigation at CRI, MT &amp; heading stage were compared with T₁- control treatment. The treatments were replicated thrice. On the basis of result summarized the maximum growth parameters <em>viz</em>. Plant height (cm), number of tillers in running meter, leaf area index and dry matter accumulation (g/m) were maximum with the application ofT₆- mulch (paddystraw @ 6 t/ha) of Rs. 87784.66 ha and maximum benefit: cost ratio is 1.15.

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