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Sustainable land management of apple replant sites of Himachal Pradesh

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Title Sustainable land management of apple replant sites of Himachal Pradesh
 
Creator Sharma, Ranjna
 
Description Apple replant problem is a major issue in all apple growing areas of world including India. Due to small land holdings and difficult land terrain in Himachal Pradesh, it is impossible for apple orchardists to shift the plantation sites. Most of the apple orchards have completed their life span (40-50 years old) and these old orchard sites when replanted with the same crop, farmers face a lot of problems in terms of establishment of new plantation, poor growth, and sensitivity towards different soil borne pathogens and reduction in fruit yield. The main causes are soil pathogenic fungi, nematodes, nutrient exhaustion/loss, pH imbalances, heavymetal contamination and toxic root exudates of old apple trees. Chemical pesticides are used against soil pathogenic microbes but they sometimes target the plant beneficial microbes. Therefore, use of integrated sustainable land management strategies which are economical, environment friendly both to the plants and human beings are discussed in the present article to overcome the apple replant issue.
 
Publisher Indian Council of Agriclutural Research
 
Date 2024-09-20
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndHort/article/view/152497
 
Source Indian Horticulture; Vol. 69 No. 4 (2024); 9-11
0019-4875
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndHort/article/view/152497/55928
 
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