Studies on intercropping of medicinal, aromatic and spice crops in poplar plantation
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https://doi.org/10.59797/ija.v53i4.4876Keywords:
Aromatic crops, Intercropping, Medicinal crops, Poplar plantation, Spice cropsAbstract
The performance of lemongrass, Tagetes minuta, turmeric, celery, coriander, fennel, dillseed, fenugreek, Men- tha arvensis, Mentha spicata, sarson ( Brassica napus L.) and wheat in compact poplar plantation (clone Udai) es- tablished in March 2004 at 5 m x 4 m spacing, was studied at Ludhiana. Results revealed that an increase in the age of poplar decreased the yield of crops. During 2004-05 the reduction in yield was more in crops like Mentha ar vensis (64.9%), M. spicata (65.5%), coriander (26.7%) and Tagetes minuta (16.1%), but was less in lemongrass (2.6%), turmeric (1.1%), fennel (6.8%), dillseed (12.6%), fenugreek (7.1%), sarson (1.84%) and wheat (4.75%). During 2005-06 the reduction in the yield of lemongrass, Tagetes minuta, Mentha ar vensis and M. spicata; and yield of turmeric rhizome, seed of coriander, fennel, dillseed, fenugreek, sarson and wheat was 6.55, 7.50, 60.5,References
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