National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The study was carried out at school of forestry and environment nursery, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. An eight year old plantation of clone of G-48 of Poplar (Populus deltoids) was selected. The leaf litter fall we found that the decomposition of poplar leaf litter is very slow; this has detrimental physical effect on wheat intercrop. Plant height, numbers of leaves/ plant, fresh wt. of root (g) dry wt. of root (g), numbers of tiller/plants, fresh wt. of shoot (g), dry wt. of root (g), total dry matter production and yield parameter of intercropped wheat were significantly increased by monthly removal of poplar leaf litter in plantation of poplar raised at 3X6m spacing. However, despite removal of leaf litter at such frequent interval, yield of intercropped wheat crop is quite low in comparison with open field. However, further studies are needed to screen various other cultivated crops of the region to find out compatible crops, which could be complementary in the system. Furthermore, there is a need to evolve wheat varieties suitable for inter cultivation in such a system as the tree mature and attains harvestable age. By combining suitable complementary variety along with tree farming the production level of both grain and timber can be sustained in future.
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