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SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT OF ESTABLISHED BER (ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA) PLANTATION UNDER LAC CULTIVATION

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Title SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT OF ESTABLISHED BER (ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA) PLANTATION UNDER LAC CULTIVATION
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Creator GHOSAL S.
 
Subject Ziziphus mauritiana Nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium Liming Growth
 
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Lac cultivation is a profitable option of agriculture for the farmers of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya
Pradesh, West Bengal etc. An experiment comprising different levels of liming (liming and no liming), nitrogen (0,
100, 200 and 400g/tree), phosphorus (0 and 150g/tree) and potassium (0 and 150g/tree) to make 32 treatment
combinations replicated thrice was launched in the research farm of Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums,
Ranchi (23º23’N longitude, 85º23’ E latitude and 650m above MSL) during 2007-10 to generate information on
level of soil fertility required to sustain growth of the tree under kusmi lac cultivation in the winter season.
Findings of the experiment indicated that under control condition, the average bio-mass production per tree
started reducing @ 0.81kg/ year and with application of 400g nitrogen, 150g each of phosphorus and potassium
along with liming could increase bio-mass production per tree @ 4.36kg/ year under lac cultivation. Chlorophyll
Content Index (CCI) was significantly affected by liming. At 45 days after fertilizer application, lime applied trees
registered 10 percent increase in chlorophyll content index. Similarly, potassium application could lower shoot
dry matter by 1.76 percent, i.e. shoot succulency increased. Experimental data revealed that nitrogen application
upto 200 g/ tree did not influence termite infestation significantly. However, rates beyond it increased infestation
significantly. Due to liming, soil available potassium level, organic carbon, electrical conductivity and pH
increased by 12, 7, 12 percent and 0.11 units, respectively. Therefore, increases in growth attributes have been
observed under liming.
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Date 2018-11-14T11:34:00Z
2018-11-14T11:34:00Z
2013-04-14
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier S Ghosal (2013) Soil fertility management of established ber (Ziziphus auritiana) plantation under lac cultivation. The Bioscan 8 (3) : 787-90
0973-7049
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/Publication/handle/123456789/11292
 
Language English
 
Relation 8;3
 
Publisher National Environmentalists Association