PRODUCTIVITY OF GINGER CROP (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) IN RESPONSE TO APPLICATION OF MULCH UNDER BAMBOO BASED AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM

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dc.contributor.advisorBHARDWAJ, D R
dc.contributor.authorSHARMA, UMESH
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-22T09:33:25Z
dc.date.available2020-12-22T09:33:25Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT The present investigations entitled “Productivity of ginger crop (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) in response to application of mulch under bamboo based agroforestry system” was carried out at the experimental field of Department of Silviculture & Agroforestry, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H. P.) during 2019-2020. The study was undertaken with the three objectives (a) to study the effect of bamboo species and mulch material on ginger growth and yield behavior. (b) to study the impact of bamboo species and mulch material on soil physicochemical characteristics. (c) to work out the cost-benefit analysis of ginger cultivation under bamboobased agroforestry system. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design comprising of two bamboo species viz., Dendrocalamus asper and D. balcooa and sole cropping, under which ginger crop was grown with 7 treatments viz., T1 (Toona ciliata + FYM + RDF), T2 (Artemisia vulgaris + FYM + RDF), T3 (Ulmus villosa + FYM + RDF), T4 (Celtis australis + FYM + RDF), T5 (Pinus roxburghii + FYM + RDF), T6 (FYM + RDF), T7 (Control). Treatment T1 showed best results in most of the growth and yield attributes of ginger crop viz., Rhizome sprouting (%), Number of tillers per plant, Number of rhizomes per plant, Rhizome length (cm), Rhizome fresh weight (g), Yield (q ha-1), Oleoresin content (%). D. asper displayed better results for yield traits for ginger when compared to D. balcooa and sole cropping. Various soil physico-chemical properties like pH, OC and available N showed maximum value in T3 (Almus villosa + FYM +RDF). However, available P was reported maximum value in T1 (Toona ciliata + FYM + RDF) and available K was in T4 (Celtis australis + FYM + RDF). Further, soil moisture content (%) reported higher value under D. balcooa. LTR (%) recorded during the investigation period, reduced by 40% under bamboo canopy. Based on the findings of this study, it can be concluded that ginger can perform better under bamboo based agroforestry system than sole crop system and application of Toona ciliata + FYM + RDF can enhance growth and yield traits of ginger significantly over control. The mulch of species like Toona ciliata, Artemisia vulgaris and Pinus roxburghii can be used for enhancing the fertility status and returns fromginger cultivation.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810157095
dc.keywordsProductivity , ginger crop,mulch under bamboo,agroforestry system,experimental fielden_US
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.pages71+vien_US
dc.publisherNAUNI,UHFen_US
dc.subSilviculture and Agroforestryen_US
dc.themeProductivity , ginger crop,mulch under bamboo,agroforestry system,experimental fielden_US
dc.these.typeM.Scen_US
dc.titlePRODUCTIVITY OF GINGER CROP (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) IN RESPONSE TO APPLICATION OF MULCH UNDER BAMBOO BASED AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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