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In-situ waste management in integrated nutrient management system under coconut (Cocos nucifera)- based high density multi-species cropping system in tropical soils of India

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Title In-situ waste management in integrated nutrient management system under coconut (Cocos nucifera)- based high density multi-species cropping system in tropical soils of India
 
Creator Maheshwarappa, H P
 
Subject Biomass production; Coconut root (wilt); Resource use
 
Description A field experiment was conducted at Kayamkulam, Kerala during 1993-2004 to study the effect of integrated management practices, like application of organic manure, recommeneded dose of inorganic fertilizer, in situ green manuring and high density multi-species cropping systcm in root (wilt) affected garden on resource use, recyclable biomass production and sustainable productivity of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.)-based cropping system. It was found that coconut had 31.32% actual air space utilization, followed by banana (Musa sp.) (7.32%), nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt.) (0.67%), pineapple (Ananas comosus L. Merr.) (0.2%) and tuber crops, like amorphophallus (Amorphophallus sp.), colocasia (Colocasia sp.) and dioscorea (Dioscorea sp.) (0.38%) in the system. The system gave enormous quantity of recyclable biomass (9 110 kg/ha to 17 612 kg/ha/year) and which on conversion to vermicompost through Eudrilus sp. contributed 70.1 to 142.1 kg N 10.0 to 20.3 kg P and 18.0 to 36.5 kg K/year. The results also indicated that the average yield of coconut obtained during 2003-04 in the garden was 62.2 nuts/palm/year compared with the preexperimental yield of 30 nuts/palm/year. The yield of component crops over the years was stable and the system proved to be sustainable in productivity over the years.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
Date 2008-11-05
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/10334
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 78, No 11 (2008)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/10334/4736
 
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