Performance of different in-Situ soil & moisture Conservation measures on establishment and productivity of aonla based hortipasture systems in Semi-Arid region of Central India

A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of soil and moisture conservation measures on establishment performance of Aonla based hortipasture system in in semi-arid regionsof central India during 2007–2012. This experiment consisted with five in-situ soil and water conservation measures viz., contour staggered trenches (T₁), continuous contour trenches (T₂), deep basin stone mulch (T₃), vegetative barriers (P. maximum) (T₄) and control(T₅) with Aonla (Cv. NA-7 + Cenchrus ciliaris + Stylosanthes hamata). The contour staggered trenches had significant effect on survival, plant height, collar diameter, canopy spread and productivity followed by continuous contour trenches, vegetative barriers. Fruit yield was 65, 39.7, and 28.3% higher with (T₁), (T₂) and (T3) than control. Contour staggered trenches also produced significant higher dry matter yield (6.04 t DM/ha) followed by continuous contour trenches (5.43 t DM/ha) during study period.