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Traditional Vrikshayurveda practices yielded equally to modern scientific agricultural practices in Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.)

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Title Traditional Vrikshayurveda practices yielded equally to modern scientific agricultural practices in Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.)
 
Creator Chitraputhirapillai, Swaminathan
Palani, Nivethadevi
Kaliyanagounder, Sangeetha
Ramamurthy, Surya
 
Subject Ancient texts
Conventional practice
Do-nothing practice
GC-MS
Grain yield
Proso millet
Vrikshayurveda
 
Description 948-957
Ancient India adopted many traditional practices to maintain soil health and therefore crop yields and, one such facet is
“Vrikshayurveda”; meantime, post green revolution era followed scientific conventional practices, which enhanced crop
yields, at loss of soil health. It is the time to evaluate ancient organic practices for chemical free food production. Millets are
rich in nutrients and sustaining more than 30% of world’s population. Proso millet, a versatile crop capable of adapting to
varied environments from tropics to temperate, is rich in nutrients. As there is little information available on evaluation of
such practices in crops like millets, we conducted this study to evaluate field performance of proso millet under
Vrikshayurveda practices in comparison with modern crop production practices and do-nothing practice. Laboratory and
field research were carried out at Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai
during 2020-21. Treatments include; Biomass Transfer (BMT) from five trees viz., Albizia lebbek (L.) Benth, Delonix regia
Boj.ex Hook., Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud, Peltophorum ferrugineum (Decne.) Benth and Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre
and Leaf Tea spray of extracts from five tree species viz., Morinda tinctoria Roxb., Moringa oleifera Lam., Mangifera
indica (L.), Annona squamosa (L.) and Aegle marmellos (L.) Correa. Study revealed that agrochemical-free, high-quality
foodgrains in proso millet is achievable by adopting Vrikshayurveda practice of soil enrichment with BMT of Albizia lebbek
and Gliricidia sepium on nitrogen equivalent basis and leaf tea spray (LTS) viz., Mangifera indica and Moringa oleifera at
5% resulted in
 
Date 2024-10-30T05:50:50Z
2024-10-30T05:50:50Z
2024-10
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/64765
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v23i10.14479
 
Language en
 
Relation Int Cl.24: A01C 3/00, C05F 3/00
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJTK Vol.23(10) [October 2024]