Trends in Biosciences
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 14

Elephant Foot Yam (Amorphophallus) – An Efficient Intercrop under Indian Goose Berry (Phylanthus emblica) Orchard for Purvanchal

  • Author:
  • S.K. Singh1, P.K. Singh2, S.V. Dwivedi3
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 1778 to 1780

1Department of Horticulture, U.P. Autonomous College, Varanasi-221002, Uttar Pradesh, India

2Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, NDUAT, Faizabad-224 229, Uttar Pradesh, India

3Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sonebhadra (NDUAT, Faizabad- 224 229, Uttar Pradesh, India)

Online published on 31 December, 2014.

Abstract

The growth characters of suran as intercrop were not affected by shade effect of aonla trees or various sources of nitrogen. The maximum plant height (72.80 cm, 91.64 cm and 105.08 cm, respectively), plant spread (49.40cm, 67.20cm and 79.08cm, respectively) and stem diameter (2.80cm, 3.56cm and 4.07cm, respectively) at 90 days, 120 days, and 150 days were observed in T8 (Aonla + Suran+ 25% N2 from Mustard cake + 25% N2 from Vermicompost + 50% N2 from Urea) but the lowest was noticed in suran as sole crop. The maximum fresh and marketable yield was obtained in T11, suran as sole crop, (388.33 q/ha and 359.20 q/ha) followed by T8 (365.02 q/ha and 337.65 q/ha) and T3 (353.39 q/ha and 326.88 q/ha) and lowest was in T1 (279.30 q/ha and 258.34 q/ha) when 100% nitrogen was applied from urea.

Keywords

Elephant Foot Yam, Indian Goose Berry, Purvanchal