Pub Date : 2016-06-15DOI: 10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/7.1/101-107
Suraj Patel, R. Pundir
The area and production of pomegranate in Gujarat is increasing noticeably from last decade.The economic viability of pomegranate cultivation has been studied in middle Gujarat. The study was based on the data collected from 90 Pomegranate grower spread over total 9 blocks of the Vadodara, Chhota udepur and Kheda district for the agricultural year 201314. Pomegranate cultivation involves high initial investment, but same time annual net return was also high. The establishment cost of pomegranate orchard was found to be Rs. 81063. The average per ha net return was found Rs. 88686 and average production was found 5482 kg per hectare. The value of economic parameters, viz., NPV, BCR, IRR and PBP was found Rs. 993842, 3.07, 47.66 and 58 month, respectively at 10 per cent discount rate. In all the varying situations of cost and return in sensitivity analysis, values of all these economic parameters satisfied the acceptance rules for investment proposition. This indicates that in varying situations of cost and return, the economic viability of investment on the pomegranate cultivation was stable and certain.
{"title":"An economic analysis of production of pomegranate in middle Gujarat","authors":"Suraj Patel, R. Pundir","doi":"10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/7.1/101-107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/7.1/101-107","url":null,"abstract":"The area and production of pomegranate in Gujarat is increasing noticeably from last decade.The economic viability of pomegranate cultivation has been studied in middle Gujarat. The study was based on the data collected from 90 Pomegranate grower spread over total 9 blocks of the Vadodara, Chhota udepur and Kheda district for the agricultural year 201314. Pomegranate cultivation involves high initial investment, but same time annual net return was also high. The establishment cost of pomegranate orchard was found to be Rs. 81063. The average per ha net return was found Rs. 88686 and average production was found 5482 kg per hectare. The value of economic parameters, viz., NPV, BCR, IRR and PBP was found Rs. 993842, 3.07, 47.66 and 58 month, respectively at 10 per cent discount rate. In all the varying situations of cost and return in sensitivity analysis, values of all these economic parameters satisfied the acceptance rules for investment proposition. This indicates that in varying situations of cost and return, the economic viability of investment on the pomegranate cultivation was stable and certain.","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131738818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-06-15DOI: 10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/7.1/1-6
S. Bedi, D. Sharma
{"title":"Heterosis studies in hybrid rice (Oryza sativa L.)","authors":"S. Bedi, D. Sharma","doi":"10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/7.1/1-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/7.1/1-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115746871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-06-15DOI: 10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/7.1/67-71
G. Mariappan, M. Amanullah, T. Ananthi, M. Dhananivetha
{"title":"Influence of organic manures, micronutrients and arbuscular mycoriza on quality parameters of (maize and sunflower) under residual effect of maize- sunflower cropping system","authors":"G. Mariappan, M. Amanullah, T. Ananthi, M. Dhananivetha","doi":"10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/7.1/67-71","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/7.1/67-71","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"226 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124044630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-06-15DOI: 10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/7.1/19-23
R. Sharmila, S. Subramanian
{"title":"Effect of low temperature on the activity of entomopathogenic nematodes","authors":"R. Sharmila, S. Subramanian","doi":"10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/7.1/19-23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/7.1/19-23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123611519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-15DOI: 10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/105-109
S. Verma, D. Verma, S. Giri, Kumud Singh, R. Singh, A. Pandey
Field experiment was carried out during Kharif 2005 and 2006 using different herbicides to study the response of weed control treatments in maize and cowpea intercropping system for quality fodder. Pre-emergence application of alachlor, metolachlor and pendimethalin @ 1.00 and 1.50 kg a.i./ha each and post emergence application of imazethapyr @ 0.10 and 0.15 kg a.i./ha at 20 days of crop sown combined with weedy and weed-free conditions. All the herbicides at each dose effectively controlled the weeds and reduced its dry weight as compared to weedy condition. Alachlor, metolachlor and pendimethalin at 1.5 kg a.i./ha and pendimenthalin at 1.0 kg a.i./ha significantly reduced the population and dry weight of total weeds over the other rates of herbicides. Pendimethalin @ 1.5 kg/ha gave maximum green forage and dry matter yield (448 and 102 q/ha) among herbicide treated plots which were at par with that of weed free condition (466 and 109 q/ha). All the herbicides at higher doses followed the same trend in reduction of dry matter accumulation of weeds and increased in green forage and dry matter yield of maize and cowpea mixed fodder over control. Similarly, with increase in the dose of herbicide the crude protein, nitrogen uptake and DM (dry matter) per cent increased significantly.
2005年和2006年秋季，采用不同除草剂对优质饲料玉米豇豆间作系统的杂草防治效果进行了田间试验研究。在有杂草和无杂草的条件下，苗期前施用甲草胺、甲草胺和二甲甲烷各1.00和1.50千克a.i./公顷，苗期后播种20天施用咪唑乙腈0.10和0.15千克a.i./公顷。各剂量的除草剂均能有效地控制杂草，使其干重较杂草状况有所减轻。除草剂用量为1.5 kg a.i./ha的甲草胺、甲草胺和二甲甲烷，以及用量为1.0 kg a.i./ha的苯二甲酸乙酯，显著降低了总杂草的数量和干重。在施用1.5 kg/ha的除草剂处理地块中，绿草和干物质产量最高(448和102 q/ha)，与无杂草处理地块(466和109 q/ha)相当。与对照相比，高剂量除草剂在减少杂草干物质积累、提高青草料和玉米豇豆混合饲料干物质产量方面具有相同的趋势。同样，随着除草剂用量的增加，粗蛋白质、氮吸收量和DM(干物质)百分比也显著增加。
{"title":"Response of Chemical Weed Management in Maize and Cowpea Intercropping System Grown for Quality Fodder in Eastern Uttar Pradesh","authors":"S. Verma, D. Verma, S. Giri, Kumud Singh, R. Singh, A. Pandey","doi":"10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/105-109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/105-109","url":null,"abstract":"Field experiment was carried out during Kharif 2005 and 2006 using different herbicides to study the response of weed control treatments in maize and cowpea intercropping system for quality fodder. Pre-emergence application of alachlor, metolachlor and pendimethalin @ 1.00 and 1.50 kg a.i./ha each and post emergence application of imazethapyr @ 0.10 and 0.15 kg a.i./ha at 20 days of crop sown combined with weedy and weed-free conditions. All the herbicides at each dose effectively controlled the weeds and reduced its dry weight as compared to weedy condition. Alachlor, metolachlor and pendimethalin at 1.5 kg a.i./ha and pendimenthalin at 1.0 kg a.i./ha significantly reduced the population and dry weight of total weeds over the other rates of herbicides. Pendimethalin @ 1.5 kg/ha gave maximum green forage and dry matter yield (448 and 102 q/ha) among herbicide treated plots which were at par with that of weed free condition (466 and 109 q/ha). All the herbicides at higher doses followed the same trend in reduction of dry matter accumulation of weeds and increased in green forage and dry matter yield of maize and cowpea mixed fodder over control. Similarly, with increase in the dose of herbicide the crude protein, nitrogen uptake and DM (dry matter) per cent increased significantly.","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126342068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-01DOI: 10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/123-126
A. V. Wakure, R. Dheware, R. Bhagyawant
The experiment was conducted at the Dry Land Agricultural Research Centre, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani during Kharif and Rabi seasons of 2006-2007 and 2007-2008. Eight different promising cropping systems of important crop of Marathwada region were tested in varied weather condition under rain fed agriculture. At the end of two year experiment it was investigated that, sowing of all the cropping systems in 26 th MW recorded the highest mean productivity as compared to delayed sowing after 26 th MW. The data further revealed that the parlimillet + pigeonpea (C 5 ), sorghum + pigeonpea (C 4 ), greengram – Rabi sorghum (C 8 ), soybean + pigeonpea (C 6 ) showed the better performance over the sowing dates as compared to all the other cropping systems. The lowest mean productivity of 537 kg/ha was obtained when sorghum + pigeonpea ICS sown in 32 nd MW (DC) followed by D 4 C 4 , D 4 C 1 , D 4 C 7 and D 3 C 4 treatment combinations.
{"title":"Suitability of different crops and cropping systems for contingency crop planning.","authors":"A. V. Wakure, R. Dheware, R. Bhagyawant","doi":"10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/123-126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/123-126","url":null,"abstract":"The experiment was conducted at the Dry Land Agricultural Research Centre, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani during Kharif and Rabi seasons of 2006-2007 and 2007-2008. Eight different promising cropping systems of important crop of Marathwada region were tested in varied weather condition under rain fed agriculture. At the end of two year experiment it was investigated that, sowing of all the cropping systems in 26 th MW recorded the highest mean productivity as compared to delayed sowing after 26 th MW. The data further revealed that the parlimillet + pigeonpea (C 5 ), sorghum + pigeonpea (C 4 ), greengram – Rabi sorghum (C 8 ), soybean + pigeonpea (C 6 ) showed the better performance over the sowing dates as compared to all the other cropping systems. The lowest mean productivity of 537 kg/ha was obtained when sorghum + pigeonpea ICS sown in 32 nd MW (DC) followed by D 4 C 4 , D 4 C 1 , D 4 C 7 and D 3 C 4 treatment combinations.","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"150 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116366511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-01DOI: 10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/127-131
V. N. Chavda, B. S. Rajawat
The vermicompost contains plant nutrients including N, P, K, Ca, Mn, Zn and Cu. The uptake of which has a positive effect on plant nutrition, photosynthesis, chlorophyll content in the leaves and improves the nutrient content in different plant component (Root, Shoot etc.). The overall results indicated that organic farming with application of vermicompost @ 3 tons/ hectare in groundnut crop during Kharif 2011-12 to 2013-14 found higher yield, gross return, per cent increase in yield and BC ratio i.e. 2144 kg/ha, Rs. 80888/-, 15.39 per cent and 6.16 BCR, respectively as compared to local check yield of 1858 kg/ha by application of only of recommended dose of fertilizers. Whereas, application of vermicompost @ 5 tons/hectare in cotton crop resulted during Kharif 2011-12 to 2012-13 produced higher yield, gross return, per cent increase in yield and BC ratio i.e. 3500 kg/ha, Rs. 172375/-, 14.98 per cent and 4.66 BCR as compared to local check yield of 3044 kg/ha. Both the crops (groundnut and cotton) were also observed in organically amended plot did not show any moisture stress during the period of dry spell due to better moisture holding. Further, available soil moisture in organically amended plots found better soil moisture conservation compare to local check in pre seasonal or severe moisture stress or in dry spell period. In the nutshell observed that, the use of vermi compost as fertilizer in groundnut as well as cotton crop performed better as compare to using of chemical fertilizers. Therefore, recommended for large scale adoption in farmer's field of Gir Somnath and Junagadh district of Gujarat.
{"title":"Performance Evaluation of Vermicompost on Yield of Kharif Groundnut and Cotton Crops","authors":"V. N. Chavda, B. S. Rajawat","doi":"10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/127-131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/127-131","url":null,"abstract":"The vermicompost contains plant nutrients including N, P, K, Ca, Mn, Zn and Cu. The uptake of which has a positive effect on plant nutrition, photosynthesis, chlorophyll content in the leaves and improves the nutrient content in different plant component (Root, Shoot etc.). The overall results indicated that organic farming with application of vermicompost @ 3 tons/ hectare in groundnut crop during Kharif 2011-12 to 2013-14 found higher yield, gross return, per cent increase in yield and BC ratio i.e. 2144 kg/ha, Rs. 80888/-, 15.39 per cent and 6.16 BCR, respectively as compared to local check yield of 1858 kg/ha by application of only of recommended dose of fertilizers. Whereas, application of vermicompost @ 5 tons/hectare in cotton crop resulted during Kharif 2011-12 to 2012-13 produced higher yield, gross return, per cent increase in yield and BC ratio i.e. 3500 kg/ha, Rs. 172375/-, 14.98 per cent and 4.66 BCR as compared to local check yield of 3044 kg/ha. Both the crops (groundnut and cotton) were also observed in organically amended plot did not show any moisture stress during the period of dry spell due to better moisture holding. Further, available soil moisture in organically amended plots found better soil moisture conservation compare to local check in pre seasonal or severe moisture stress or in dry spell period. In the nutshell observed that, the use of vermi compost as fertilizer in groundnut as well as cotton crop performed better as compare to using of chemical fertilizers. Therefore, recommended for large scale adoption in farmer's field of Gir Somnath and Junagadh district of Gujarat.","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"195 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122871314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-01DOI: 10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/96-99
V. Suganthy, G. Mariappan
A field experiment was conducted to study the efficiency of coated DAP in sugarcane crop at M/s Sakthi Sugars Ltd., experimental farm, Appakudal, Erode district with 12 treatments comprising coated and uncoated DAP applications at three levels of P (100, 80 and 60 % of recommended P for sugarcane) with three replications. The design adopted was Randomized Block Design The results indicated that the treatment receiving coated DAP at 80 per cent of recommended P registered higher cane yield when compared with treatment receiving uncoated DAP at 100 per cent of recommended P. Among the sources of P, the treatments receiving coated DAP with nimin coated urea maintained their superiority in recording higher available N, P and K at post harvest stage followed by the treatments receiving coated DAP and uncoated DAP. However, with respect to available phosphorus at post-harvest stage, a marked increase in the available P status of the soil with the increasing levels of P as coated DAP was noticed.
{"title":"Evaluating the effect of coated DAP (Diammonium phosphate) in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.)","authors":"V. Suganthy, G. Mariappan","doi":"10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/96-99","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/96-99","url":null,"abstract":"A field experiment was conducted to study the efficiency of coated DAP in sugarcane crop at M/s Sakthi Sugars Ltd., experimental farm, Appakudal, Erode district with 12 treatments comprising coated and uncoated DAP applications at three levels of P (100, 80 and 60 % of recommended P for sugarcane) with three replications. The design adopted was Randomized Block Design The results indicated that the treatment receiving coated DAP at 80 per cent of recommended P registered higher cane yield when compared with treatment receiving uncoated DAP at 100 per cent of recommended P. Among the sources of P, the treatments receiving coated DAP with nimin coated urea maintained their superiority in recording higher available N, P and K at post harvest stage followed by the treatments receiving coated DAP and uncoated DAP. However, with respect to available phosphorus at post-harvest stage, a marked increase in the available P status of the soil with the increasing levels of P as coated DAP was noticed.","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121247736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-01DOI: 10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/85-89
M. Anita, S. Lakshmi, T. Rani
A field experiment was conducted at the Instructional Farm, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram during January 2012 to March 2014 to find out the effect of grass-fodder cowpea mixtures and row ratio on the growth characters of fodder grasses and fodder cowpea in open and in partial shade. The experiments were laid out in RBD with three replications, comprising of two grasses [G 1 -Hybrid napier (Suguna), G 2 -Guinea grass (Harithasree)], two fodder cowpea varieties (V 1 -COFC-8 (open and shade), V 2 -UPC-622 (open), UPC-618 (shade) and three grass legume row ratios (R 1 -1:1, R 2 -1:2, R 3 -1:3). The results indicated the superiority of the grass legume mixture of hybrid napier cv. SUGUNA with both the fodder cowpea varieties in the grass legume row ratio of 1:3 with respect to yield and quality of fodder crops in open and shaded experiments.
{"title":"Effects of row ratios of grass fodder cowpea mixtures on the yield and quality of forages","authors":"M. Anita, S. Lakshmi, T. Rani","doi":"10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/85-89","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/85-89","url":null,"abstract":"A field experiment was conducted at the Instructional Farm, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram during January 2012 to March 2014 to find out the effect of grass-fodder cowpea mixtures and row ratio on the growth characters of fodder grasses and fodder cowpea in open and in partial shade. The experiments were laid out in RBD with three replications, comprising of two grasses [G 1 -Hybrid napier (Suguna), G 2 -Guinea grass (Harithasree)], two fodder cowpea varieties (V 1 -COFC-8 (open and shade), V 2 -UPC-622 (open), UPC-618 (shade) and three grass legume row ratios (R 1 -1:1, R 2 -1:2, R 3 -1:3). The results indicated the superiority of the grass legume mixture of hybrid napier cv. SUGUNA with both the fodder cowpea varieties in the grass legume row ratio of 1:3 with respect to yield and quality of fodder crops in open and shaded experiments.","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116969047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-12-01DOI: 10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/116-122
R. Kulloli, Suresh Kumar, S. Jindal, Manjit Singh
Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhan. known as Indian bdellium is a large shrub of family Burseraceae. Its oleo-gum resin is known to be anti-inflammatory, antirheumatic, hypocholesterolmic, hypolipidemic, and antifertility agent. In order to extract more oleo-gum resin it has been overtapped in past, killing its natural populations thus prompting IUCN to keep it in ‘Data Deficient category’. Its ex-situ conservation through seed as well as vegetative propagation has met with variable success. Seasoning of stem cuttings for a duration that ensures more sprouting and consequent survival was, therefore, aim of this study. Cut stem cuttings kept for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 days and treated with IBA (5000 ppm) revealed that maximum root biomass (0.56 g), maximum number of shoots (6) and length of shoots (49.50 cm) was found in five days seasoned stem cuttings. After 27 months of plantation maximum survival was found in four and five days seasoned stem cuttings (50% each) cuttings. Collar diameter (1.75 cm) was maximum in five day seasoned stem cuttings. Maximum plant height (119.75 cm) was in four days seasoned cuttings followed by five days seasoned cuttings (96 cm). Thus, four to five days of seasoning in the month of August emerged most optimum for sprouting of stem cuttings and their subsequent survival in field plantation.
{"title":"Effect of seasoning on sprouting of stem cutting and their survival in threatened medicinal important plant, Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhan.","authors":"R. Kulloli, Suresh Kumar, S. Jindal, Manjit Singh","doi":"10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/116-122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15740/HAS/IJFCI/6.2/116-122","url":null,"abstract":"Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhan. known as Indian bdellium is a large shrub of family Burseraceae. Its oleo-gum resin is known to be anti-inflammatory, antirheumatic, hypocholesterolmic, hypolipidemic, and antifertility agent. In order to extract more oleo-gum resin it has been overtapped in past, killing its natural populations thus prompting IUCN to keep it in ‘Data Deficient category’. Its ex-situ conservation through seed as well as vegetative propagation has met with variable success. Seasoning of stem cuttings for a duration that ensures more sprouting and consequent survival was, therefore, aim of this study. Cut stem cuttings kept for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 days and treated with IBA (5000 ppm) revealed that maximum root biomass (0.56 g), maximum number of shoots (6) and length of shoots (49.50 cm) was found in five days seasoned stem cuttings. After 27 months of plantation maximum survival was found in four and five days seasoned stem cuttings (50% each) cuttings. Collar diameter (1.75 cm) was maximum in five day seasoned stem cuttings. Maximum plant height (119.75 cm) was in four days seasoned cuttings followed by five days seasoned cuttings (96 cm). Thus, four to five days of seasoning in the month of August emerged most optimum for sprouting of stem cuttings and their subsequent survival in field plantation.","PeriodicalId":411017,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORESTRY AND CROP IMPROVEMENT","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126629392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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