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Universal Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 3(6), pp. 173 - 181
DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2015.030601
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Evaluation Growth and Yield of Wheat Varieties under Ceiba pentandra (L) Based Agrisilviculture System
Anil Gawali 1,*, Sunil Puri 2, S.L. Swamy 2
1 Department of Agriculture Economics, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, India
2 Department of Forestry, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, India
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted at Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur Chattisgarh India to evaluate the growth and yield of wheat varieties under Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. based on agrisilviculture system. The experiment consisted of 76 treatments combination of three tree spacing treatments (4×4m, 4×6m and 4×8m), four wheat varieties ( Sujata, GW-173, GW-273 and HD-2004) , two pruning regime, three distances (0.5 to 1.0 m, 1.0 to 3.0 m and >3.0 m) and four control plots (for each wheat variety). The experiment was laid out in a factorial randomized block design and it was replicated four times. After 9 years, Growth parameter of Ceiba tree stands revealed that the tree height, diameter at breast height, crown width and length, Number of pod tree-1, Pod length, seed and floss yield decreased numerically from the lower tree density to higher density. Growth and yields were significantly higher in sole wheat than in wheat grown with C. pentandra. Shoot length in wheat decreased by 4.5-17.1%, while root length decreased by 29.8-35.9% at 60 days after sowing. The leaf area index of wheat did not exhibit any significant variation, but photo synthetically active radiation (PAR) interception was significantly higher in sole wheat and wheat intercrops under 4×8m spacing. The grain yield ranged from 24.0 to 29.1q/ha, Grain yield was highest in HD-2004 variety. The order of yield reduction in different verities was HD-2004 (34.5 %)>GW-173 (17.6 %)> Sujata (14.5%) when compared with HD-2004 variety. Higher grain yield (28.7 q/ha) was obtained in 4x8m tree spacing , while in other two tree spacings the grain yield was ( 25.40 q/ha) in 4x6m and (24.90 q/ha ) 4x4m spaicng. Growth parameters and Grain yield also varied with distance from the tree base.
KEYWORDS
Agrisilviculture System, Ceiba pentandra, Leaf Area Index, Pruning, Wheat, Yield
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Anil Gawali , Sunil Puri , S.L. Swamy , "Evaluation Growth and Yield of Wheat Varieties under Ceiba pentandra (L) Based Agrisilviculture System," Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 173 - 181, 2015. DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2015.030601.
(b). APA Format:
Anil Gawali , Sunil Puri , S.L. Swamy (2015). Evaluation Growth and Yield of Wheat Varieties under Ceiba pentandra (L) Based Agrisilviculture System. Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, 3(6), 173 - 181. DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2015.030601.