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Volume 34, No. (1), 2024 (February)
EFFECTS OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND TAPPING SYSTEM ON LATEX AND DRY RUBBER YIELDS OF RUBBER TREE CLONE RRIT 251
B. Wiangsamut, M. Koolpluksee, C. Makornpas, C. Chaichuay, R. Chaichuay and M.E.L. Wiangsamut



¹ Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok Chanthaburi Campus,

Corresponding Author: iya.low@gmail.com
Page Number(s): 50-61
Published Online First: November 12, 2023
Publication Date: January 20, 2024
ABSTRACT

The cultivation of Hevea brasiliensis, as the main source of natural rubber, is facing the tapping labor shortage and low dry rubber yield problemsManagement practices and tapping system could nevertheless remedy these constraintsAccordingly, the study aimed to assess the latex and dry rubber yields of rubber trees clone RRIT 251 under different irrigation with fertilizer management methods and rubber tapping systemsThe experiment was laid out in a split-plot design, 4 replications with 3 rubber trees per replicationTwo main plot treatments1application of irrigation combined with chemical and organic fertilizers treatment (IF) and; 2)no-irrigation-fertilizer treatment (NIF). Four subplot treatments1) (10 cm)S.d/3+ET – tapping 10 cm long of trunk girth (at 45° angleabove an installed bag of ethylene, for 1 day with 2 days interval; 2) (1/2)S.d/2 – tapping half of trunk girth every other day; 3) (1/2)S.2d/3, tapping half of trunk girth for 2 days with 1 day interval (the practice of most para rubber farmersand; 4) (1/2)S.3d/4, tapping half of trunk girth for 3 days with 1 day intervalThe controlled treatment was a combination treatment of NIFx (1/2)S.2d/3The results showed that both IFx (10 cm)S.d/3+ET and IFx (10 cm)S.d/3+ET combination treatments had significant effects (P0.01in enhancing latex weight per tree, dry rubber weight per tree, latex yield, and dry rubber yield higher than the controlled treatmentIF treatment had a significant effect (P0.01in enhancing latex weight per tree, dry rubber weight per tree, latex yield, and dry rubber yields higher than NIF treatmentRubber tapping system under (1/2)S.3d/4 had a significant effect (P0.01in enhancing latex weight per tree, dry rubber weight per tree, latex yield, and dry rubber yield while it was significantly (P0.01low under (1/2)S.d/2 as compared with the practice used of most farmers—(1/2)S.2d/3It is concluded that the application of ethylene under IFx (10 cm)S.d/3+ET management is a better innovation and technology attributable to having 45less time and less bark area consumed for tapping but with increased dry rubber yield, while IFx (1/2)S.2d/3 spent more time to increase the dry rubber yield, as compared with the controlled treatment.

Keywords: Ethylene, Fertilizer, Irrigation, Latex, Rubber

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