Evaluation of Apple based Agroforestry System in Benhama,Ganderbal
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dutt, Vaishnu | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shiba Zahoor | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-04T07:21:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-04T07:21:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description | M.Sc Thesis submitted to SKUAST Kashmir | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The present investigation entitled “Evaluation of Apple based Agroforestry System in Benhama,Ganderbal” was carried out at farmer’s orchard near Faculty of Forestry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Benhama, Ganderbal during the year 2016 and 2017. The study was undertaken with the tripartite objectives (a) to study the growth and yield of different components in apple based agroforestry system (b) to study the carbon stock of agroforestry system and (c) to study the relative economics of the system. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with five replications comprising seven treatments. Four intercrops namely, rajmash, french bean, green gram and oats were intercropped with 11 year old orchard of apple planted at spacing of 4 x 4 m. The influence of different distances from tree base on growth and yield parameters of pulses and oats was studied. The seeds of pulses (rajmash, french bean and green gram) and oats were sown in the month of May and November respectively. The various agroforestry treatments were found to have a significant effect on the growth and yield parameters of pulses and oats. Growth and yield parameters like number of primary branches, number of pods per plant, pod length, number of seeds per pod, height of tillers, average number of tillers/m2, grain yield and total biomass in pulses and oats were less when these crops were grown in combination with apple trees in comparison to sole cropping. Results revealed that maximum values for number of primary branches (5.63), number of pods per plant (17.32), pod length (13.92 cm), number of seeds per pod (8.06), height of tillers (113.08 cm), average number of tillers/m2 (218.13) were recorded under sole cropping while as lowest values for aforementioned parameters were observed under agroforestry system. Out of the four intercrops tried french bean and oats performed better. In the present study, the maximum values for yield in pulses was registered under control french bean & oats (1.53 t ha-1) and minimum under apple + green gram & oats (0.65 t ha-1). In case of oats, maximum yield was recorded under control rajmash & oats (1.75 t ha-1) and minimum under apple + french bean & oats (1.56 t ha-1).The distance from the tree base had a significant impact on the growth and yield of intercrops; the reduction in growth and yield parameters was more up to 1 m than 1-2 m away from trees. The better growth and yield parameters of apple were observed in agroforestry system than in control (only apple). Results revealed that the highest fruit yield (15.38 t ha-1) was recorded under apple + rajmash & oats whereas minimum (12.97 t ha-1) was observed under control (only apple). Most of the physico- chemical characteristics of soil (organic carbon, available nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and soil moisture) were improved when the crops were grown under agroforestry system as compared to open area. The presence of trees resulted in reduced light transmission to the plants nearer to tree rows. In the present study, maximum ecosystem carbon was stored in the treatment involving the tree crop combination of apple + rajmash & oats (64.18 t ha-1) and apple + green gram & oats (64.02 t ha-1). The findings suggest that combination of pulses and oats with fruit tree species ensures higher profit to the farme₹ The total income from diversified system (pulses & oats + apple) was substantially higher than mono cropping of pulses and oats. In the present study, the total returns was found to be highest (₹ 4,83,052 ha-1) under apple + rajmash & oats) and the lowest (₹78,243 ha-1) under control (green gram & oats). On the basis of economic returns, the different pulses and oats sequences can be categorized as Apple + rajmash & oats ˃ Apple + green gram & oats ˃ Apple + french bean & oats. It is suggested that the cultivation of pulses & oats in apple based agroforestry system may be recommended for better economic returns. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810148571 | |
| dc.keywords | Key words: Agroforestry, Pulses, Oats, Apple, Tree-Crop interface | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | SKUAST-K | en_US |
| dc.research.problem | Evaluation of Apple based Agroforestry System in Benhama,Ganderbal | en_US |
| dc.sub | Forestry | en_US |
| dc.subject | null | en_US |
| dc.theme | Evaluation of Apple based Agroforestry System in Benhama,Ganderbal | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | Evaluation of Apple based Agroforestry System in Benhama,Ganderbal | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |