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Effect of white popinac (Leucaena latisiliqua) on field crops and nutrient addition in soil under agro-forestry system

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Title Effect of white popinac (Leucaena latisiliqua) on field crops and nutrient addition in soil under agro-forestry system
 
Creator PRASAD, ARJUN
PRASAD, S N
 
Subject white popinac, agro-forestry, sorghum, pigeonpea, lopping, pruning, organic matter, Leucaena latisiliqua
 
Description A field experiment Was conducted during 1983-93 at Kota in Rajasthan to study the compatibility of different field crops with white popinac [Leucaena latisiliqua (L.) Gillis; syn L. leucecophala (Lam.) de Wit] planted 1m apart on 1 side of Held hund in agro-forestry system. Growing of white popinac reduced the yield or all field crops near the vicinity of tree. On an average, sorghum (Sorghum hicolor (L.) Moench] + pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L) Millsp] were more compatible with white popinac, giving the maximum sorghum grain-equivalent yield (3 152 kg/ha) than other crops. The reduction in crop yield could be minimized by proper pruning and lopping and can be compensated by standing biomass of trees (fuel wood 238 kg and fodder 68 kg/tree). White papinac increased the soil fertility by adding 34.6 tonnes/ha organic matter (N, P and K 901, 52 and 416 kg/ha respectively) through litter during 10 years.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2013-05-17
 
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/30127
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 67, No 11 (1997)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/30127/13592
 
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