Vol. 7, Issue 5 (2019)
Effect of grasses in the allies of multipurpose tree species
Author(s): Jwel Bhuiya, SC Mohapatra and Sasmita Behera
Abstract: An experiment was conducted at the research station of All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Agroforestry, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, during 2018-2019 to study the performance of fodder grasses with multipurpose tree species under silvipastoral system in rainfed upland situation. The experiment was laid out in Randomised Block Design with nine treatments and three replications. Among the grasses, the maximum green forage yield of 20.9 t ha-1 was obtained in Guinea with Acacia mangium system followed by Samanea saman with Guinea grass system (19.5 t ha-1). Relative yield of grasses was highest under Acacia mangium (82.6%) and lowest under Acacia auriculiformis (73.1%). In silvipastoral system maximum soil moisture storage was recorded with guinea, followed by Thin Napier and Setaria irrespective of trees associated. In general, light interception was lower under Acacia mangium followed by Acacia auriculiformis and Samanea saman. The chlorophyll content of all grasses was higher under Acacia mangium followed by Acacia auriculiformis and Samanea saman.
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Jwel Bhuiya, SC Mohapatra, Sasmita Behera. Effect of grasses in the allies of multipurpose tree species. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(5):2548-2551.
