Beneficial Agro-Forestry System of Guava (Psidium guajava) and Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) for Farm Families of Uttar Pradesh
Abstract
The field study was undertaken during two consecutive years of 2009-10 and 2010-11 in Kannauj distract of Uttar Pradesh under “Farmers participatory Action Research Project on Water/Water Harvesting Scheme”. The main objective was to increase the fruits productivities of brinjal and guava through agro-forestry system under five year’s old plantation of guava orchard. The analyzed soil sample showed low status of plant nutrients. The selected guava was already planted by farmers themselves at spacing of 6 m x 6 m. The four treatments i.e., hybrid brinjal alone planted at spacing of 90 x 60 cm, guava + hybrid brinjal – brinjal planted at spacing of 80 x 60 cm – 6 rows, guava + hybrid brinjal – brinjal planted at spacing of 70 x 60 cm – 7 rows and guava + hybrid brinjal – brinjal planted at spacing of 60 x 60 cm – 8 rows were tested. The hybrid brinjal planted at spacing of 90 x 60 cm registered higher fruits yield by 619.00 q/ha. Among the agro-forestry system guava + hybrid brinjal - brinjal planted at the spacing of 80 x 60 cm – 6 rows between two rows of guava (6 m x 6 m) was yielded 613.00 q/ha fruits of brinjal. The system productivity in term of total productivity of hybrid brinjal fruits (613.00 q/ha) and guava fruits (173.00 q/ha) was found 786.00 q/ha, which was highest in comparison to other two treatments of agro-forestry. The order of reduction in the fruits yield of brinjal under agro-forestry was found guava + hybrid brinjal – brinjal planted at spacing of 80 x 60 cm – 6 rows (6.00 q/ha) <guava + hybrid brinjal – brinjal planted at spacing of 70 x 60 cm – 7 rows (22.00 q/ha) <guava + hyrid brinjal – brinjal at spacing of 60 x 60 cm – 8 rows (41.00 q/ha) in comparison to alone cropping of hybrid brinjal. Similarly, plantation of 6,7, 8 rows of hybrid brinjal between two rows of guava was reduced the fruit yield of guava by a margin of 23.00 q/ha, 31.00 q/ha and 35.00 q/ha, respectively
Keywords
Agro-forestry, Filler cropping, Guava, Hybrid brinjal, System, Productivity
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