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FUEL AND FODDER PRODUCTION IN YAMUNA RAVINES IN AGRA

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Title FUEL AND FODDER PRODUCTION IN YAMUNA RAVINES IN AGRA
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Creator MC PRAJAPATI
KTN NAMBIAR
DN PURI
JP SINGH
BM MALHOTRA
 
Subject FUEL. FODDER , PRODUCTION, YAMUNA RAVINES, AGRA
 
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PRESENTED ARE THE RESULTS OF AN EXPERIMENT ON ACACIA NILOTICA AND ACACIA TORTILIS RAISED AT THREE SPACINGS VIZ 3 X 3m X 4 X 4M and 5 x 5m WITH FODDER GRASS CENCHRUS CILIARIS SOWN IN THE INTER-SPACES CONDUCTED DURING 1977-92 AT CHALLESAR , AGRA FOR ASCERTAINING FUEL AND FODDER PRODUCTIVITY POTENTIAL OF UNCULTIVABLE DEEP RAVIES. AT THE ROTATION OF 15 YEARS THE CROWNS OF ACACIA NILOTICA TREES MARGINALLY TOUCHED IN SPACINGS OF 3 X 3m AND 4 X 4 m AND THOSE OF A TORTILIS 3 X 3M . THE VALUES OF THE GROWTH PARAMETERS OF BOTH TREES SPECIES WERE MINIMUM ON TOP AND MAXIMUM ON BOTTOM RAVINES. TWENTY PERCENT OF TREES PLANTED ON RAVINE TOP ATTAINED HEIGHT LESS THAN 5m WITH 10 PERCENT OF A NILOTICA AND 24% OF A TORTILIS HAVING BOTH dbh LESS THAN 5cm. FUEL YIELDS WERE HIGHEST , 27 t/ha/year IN A NILOTICA AND 28.7 t/ha/year IN A TORTILIS , 3 X 3m SPACING . PLANTS ON RAVINE SIDES AND BOTTOM YIELDED MORE FUEL THAN ON TOP DEMONSTRATING THAT MICROHABITAT ON GULLY BOTTOM IS MORE CONGENIAL FOR PLANT GROWTH. GRASS YIELDS ( 1.5 TO 2.0 t/ha/year ) APPEARED TO BE INDEPENDENT OF TREE SPACING. IN THE 14th YEAR , THE TOPFEED WAS UPTO 4.2 t/ha . THE MEAN PHYTOMASS PRODUCTION VARIED FROM 3.3 TO 4.6 t/ha/yr.
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Date 2020-10-15T04:45:21Z
2020-10-15T04:45:21Z
1993-01-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/41895
 
Language English
 
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