Department of Pomology, Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan
*Deptartment of Soil and Water Management.
None of the orchard floor-management practices significantly affected the soil pH. Electrical conductivity and organic carbon were highest under mulching with hay treatment which was significantly different from all other orchard floor-management practices. Available N and P were highest under green manuring with cowpeas, whereas availabile soil K, exchangeable soil Ca and Mg contents were highest under hay mulch treatment. The lowest avaialble N content was recorded under clean cultivation, whereas lowest available P and K and exchangeable Mg under intercropping with soybeans and lowest exchangeable Ca content under green manuring treatment.
