IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

YIELD PERFORMANCE OF LEMONGRASS (CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS) UNDER KHAMER (GMALINA ARBOREA ) BASED AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM OF DIFFERENT PRUNING INTENSITY

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Sunita Patel, GS Chuohan, Atul Singh

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The field experiment was conducted at farmer’s field Village - Gram Para Near Bargi Dam District - Jabalpur (MP) during Rabi and kharif season of 2021 with four main treatment of pruning intensities P0, P25%, P50% and P75% and 4 subtreaments of nutrient supply T1- fertilizer, T2- vermicompost, T3- organic manure and T4- control without any application. The data should be statistically analyzed with split plot design under Gmelina arborea (Khamer) plantation. The result showed that the growth and yield of the lemon grass showed higher under shady condition. The P0% pruning found higher tillers per plant at 30, 60, 90, 120 days after transplanting and at harvest (10.31, 14.64, 15.65, 17.95, 20.25 cm respectively) and plant height at 30, 60 and 90 days after transplanting viz., 30.06 cm, 112.02 cm and 153.24 cm respectively. Among different pruning intensities P25 % found superior among 50 % pruning and 75% pruning . Under sub treatments T3 was superior under height of plant and number of tillers per plant and number of effective tillers per plant among all sub treatments whereas T4 control was found lower in all growth parameter. The higher fresh leaf yield of lemon grass was found under P0 (66.95 q ha-1) among all treatments and in sub treatments T3 (48.84 q ha-1) was superior among all subtreatments

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