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Vol. 5 (4) : July-August 2014 issue
Green Farming Vol. 5 (4) : 631-633 ; July-August, 2014
Assessment of soil fertility and moisture regime changes by some fruit and medicinal crops under agri-silvicultural system
M.R. NAYAKa1*, L.K. BEHERAa2 and B.B. BEHERAb3
aDeptt. of Silviculture and Agroforestry, College of Forestry, Navsari Agri. Univ., Navsari - 396 450 (Gujarat)
bAICRP on Agroforestry, College of Forestry, Orissa Univ. of Agri. & Technology, Bhubaneswar - 751003 (Orissa)
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1Ph.D. Scholar *(manas.forestry@gmail.com), 2Asstt. Professor 3Soil Scientist
Subject : Agro-Forestry and Silviculture
Paper No. : P-1562
Total Pages : 3
Received : 20 February 2014
Revised accepted : 22 July 2014
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M.R. NAYAK, L.K. BEHERA and B.B. BEHERA. 2014. Assessment of soil fertility and moisture regime changes by some fruit and medicinal crops under agri-silvicultural system. Green Farming  Vol. 5 (4) : 631-633  ;  July-August, 2014

ABSTRACT
Present investigation was conducted in an agri-silvicultural system which consists of two silvicultural species such as Acacia mangium (Mangium) and Gmelina arborea (Gamhar) established in July, 2001 at a spacing of 8m x 2m.Under these tree species, four agricultural crops such as Ananas comosus (Pineapple), Aloe vera (Aloe vera), Andrographis paniculata (Kalmegh) and Curcuma amda (Mangoginger) were raised in the 1st week of July, 2011. At the end of cropping season the values of pH, organic carbon (g/kg), available nitrogen (kg/ha), available phosphorous (kg/ha) and available potassium (kg/ha) of soil ranged from 4.28 to 4.90, 2.7 to 5.7, 87.51 to 156.13, 37.18 to 65.07 and 103.5 to 202.7 as compared to initial values of 4.10 to 4.60, 2.6 to 4.9, 118.7 to 178.3, 12.57 to 24.77and 107.90 to 175.37, respectively. The pH value of soil improved in almost all treatments slightly during the cropping period. The organic carbon value was maximum under mangium with pineapple and minimum under mangoginger in open condition. The available nitrogen content under agrisilvicultural system was remarkably more than the respective crops under open condition. Further, soil under gamhar with intercrops registered significantly higher available nitrogen content over their counterparts under mangium. The available phosphorous recorded highest under gamhar with pineapple whereas the lowest value was recorded under aloevera in open condition. The maximum available potassium content was observed under mangium with pineapple and minimum under gamhar with kalmegh. The soil moisture content under different depths of soil recorded maximum in gamhar with pineapple while minimum in mangium with kalmegh.
Key words :
Agri-silvicultural system, Available N, P & K, Organic carbon, pH, Soil moisture.