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Production and conservation of medicinal plants in understorey of degraded Chir pine forests using sustainable technique

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Title Production and conservation of medicinal plants in understorey of degraded Chir pine forests using sustainable technique
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Creator Sanwal C S, Kumar R, Dobhal S, Kerkatta S and Bhardwaj S. D
 
Subject Chir pine, degraded forest, medicinal plants, production and conservation, sustainable management
 
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In general, little emphasis is given on the production of medicinal plant species for sustainable harvest
and conservation in the understorey of degraded forests. For instance, forests like chir pine
which are not managed to grow any medicinal plants, offer an opportunity to produce and conserve
native medicinal plants. This article highlights a study focusing on the production of medicinal plants
in association with Chir pine forests, involving sustainable management techniques like minimum tillage
and selecting suitable aspects for the sustainable harvest and conservation of plants under the
canopy of trees. The medicinal plants were grown on three topographical aspects – Northern, NorthWestern
and Western by adopting three tillage depths, viz. minimum (0 cm), medium (up to 10 cm)
and deep tillage (up to 15 cm), in open and below tree canopy conditions. From yield and economic
point of view, Andrographis paniculata, Mucuna pruriens, Solanum khasianum and Spilanthes
acmella were found to be better yielding and more remunerative in comparison to Withania somnifera,
Cymbopogon nardus and Ocimum basilicum, when grown outside the tree canopy adopting deep
tillage on the Western aspect in Chir pine forests. The study can also be applicable to the other parts
of the country to produce and conserve native medicinal plant species using sustainable management
techniques like minimum tillage in blank patches or understorey of the degraded forests.
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Date 2018-09-13T04:28:48Z
2018-09-13T04:28:48Z
2017-06-05
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Sanwal C S, Kumar R, Dobhal S, Kerkatta S and Bhardwaj S. D. 2017. Production and conservation of medicinal plants in understorey of degraded Chir pine forests using sustainable technique. Current Science 112 (12): 1-6
0011-3891
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6733
 
Language English
 
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Publisher current science assocation