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Growing medium standardization for seedling growth of Ailanthus excelsa Roxb. in semi-arid region of Rajasthan

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Title Growing medium standardization for seedling growth of Ailanthus excelsa Roxb. in semi-arid region of Rajasthan
 
Creator Manju Attri
SBS Pandey
Yadav, Manoj
Saresh N V
 
Subject Growing media, Ailanthus excelsa (Ardu), Seedlings, Vermicompost and Farmyard manure
 
Description A field experiment comprised of eighteen treatments of four growing medium viz.; soil, sand, FYM and Vermicompost in different ratio was conducted to find out best growing medium for Ardu (Ailanthus excelsa) seedlings during June, 2019 to March, 2020 at the Instructional farm, Fruit Science at the College of Horticulture and Forestry, Jhalawar, Agriculture University, Kota (Rajasthan). Seedlings were raised in the polybags of size 6” x 10” under green shed net (50% light intensity) nursery conditions. Maximum growth of Ardu seedlings was observed in T12 [Soil: Sand: Vermicompost (1:1:2)] treatment. T12 treatment combination gave the best height (38.7 cm), collar diameter (7.92 mm), number of leaves (11.50), length of longest tap root (22.65 cm), diameter of tap root (3.79 mm), fresh weight of seedlings (58.67 g), dry weight (27.15 g), and root-shoot ratio (1.09). T12 [Soil: Sand: Vermicompost (1:1:2)] can be used to produce quality planting material of Ardu in shortest possible time.
 
Publisher Indian Society of Agroforestry
 
Date 2024-07-09
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJA/article/view/143057
 
Source Indian Journal of Agroforestry; Vol. 26 No. 1 (2024): Vol26(1):2024
2456-6489
0972-0715
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJA/article/view/143057/55081