STUDIES ON ECO RESTORATION OF DERELICT AND DEGRADED LAND THROUGH TREE FARMING WITH INDIGENOUS FOREST TREE SPECIES
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mahadeva Murthy, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | UDAY KUMAR, S.N. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-03T08:13:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-03T08:13:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-07-23 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Degraded lands are ecologically unstable, unproductive and have a negative influence on the environment. A patch of fallow land with sodic soil was identified at ZARS, V. C., Farm, Mandya, Karnataka, for the experimental study to restore the site with indigenous forest tree species. Based on growth performance, eight indigenous tree species Viz, Terminalia catappa, Melia dubia, Artocarpus hirsutus, Syzygium jambos, Madhuca indica, Thespesia populnea, Pongamia pinnata and Azadirechta indica were selected for planting on the derelict site. To promote better growth rate of tree species in adverse soil conditions, gypsum as soil amendment was applied at 1, 2, 3 kg per pit for each species. Observations were recorded on different growth parameters like plant height, collar diameter, internodal length as well as total dry matter at periodical intervals till 180 days. Among the eight native forest tree species, Syzygium jambos recorded maximum plant height at 180 days after planting followed by Pongamia pinnata and from gypsum treatment T1 (36.18 cm) showed significant increase in plant height and maximum collar diameter was observed in Terminalia catappa (1.04 cm) and Pongamia pinnata (1.05 cm). Considerable increase in total dry matter production was recorded in Syzygium jambos. The field study indicated a positive response in restoring the degraded and derelict land with different levels of gypsum and it also favorably altered the physical and chemical properties of the soil and improved the soil condition in favor to the growth of indigenous forest tree species. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | Th-11940 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810074660 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.pages | 105 | en_US |
| dc.publisher | UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU | en_US |
| dc.sub | Forestry | en_US |
| dc.subject | null | en_US |
| dc.theme | STUDIES ON ECO RESTORATION OF DERELICT AND DEGRADED LAND | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | STUDIES ON ECO RESTORATION OF DERELICT AND DEGRADED LAND THROUGH TREE FARMING WITH INDIGENOUS FOREST TREE SPECIES | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |