Department of Renewable Energy Sources, College of Technology and Engineering, Maraharan Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur - 313001, India.
Studies on of f-season greenhouse cultivation were conducted for medicinal crops viz: Withania somnifera and Psoralea croylifolia to evaluate cultivation performance and to compare it with open field cultivation. The experimental results show that the mean plant heights of Withania somnifera and Psoralea croylifolia under greenhouse condition were 78.9 cm and 125.0 cm whereas it was 28.2 cm and 50 cm under field condition respectively. The collar diameter for Withania somnifera was 9.8 mm and 5.68 mm for greenhouse and field conditions respectively. The collar diameter for Psoralea corylifolia was 10.8 mm in the greenhouse and 5.96 mm for field conditions. Total dry matter contents for Withania somnifera and Psoralea croylifolia inside the greenhouse were 92.9 g per plant and 118.7 g per plant, whereas it was 25.8 g per plant and 40.3 g per plant under field conditions. The above experimental results show that of f-season cultivation of medicinal plants under greenhouse conditions increased the production of these high value medicinal plants and permit the production of these crops around the year.
Greenhouse, plant height, collar diameter, dry matter and yield, Withania somnifera, Psoralea corylifolia
