Vol. 7 (2) : March-April 2016 issue
Green Farming Vol. 7 (2) : 501-503 ; March-April, 2016
Cassava based alley farming system for food-fodder security
USHA C. THOMAS1*, S.R. SHARU2 and MAREEN ABRAHAM3
AICRP on Forage Crops, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 522 (Kerala)
Designation : 1,2Asstt. Professor *(ushacthomas@gmail.com), 3Assoc. Professor
Subject : Forage, Fodder Crops and Grasslands
Paper No. : P-3784
Total Pages : 3
Received : 11 June 2015
Revised accepted : 19 February 2016
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Citation :
USHA C. THOMAS, S.R. SHARU and MAREEN ABRAHAM. 2016. Cassava based alley farming system for food-fodder security. Green Farming Vol. 7 (2) : 501-503 ; March-April, 2016
ABSTRACT
A study was conducted for three years to find out a suitable cassava based fodder production system in the rainfed areas of the humid tropics and to assess the response of the system to AMF application. The cassava, variety Vellayani Hraswa was raised as the main crop. The experiment was laid out in RBD with three replications. The treatments comprised of two grasses (Bajra napier hybrid, palisade grass), one legume (fodder cowpea) and a bio fertilizer (AMF). Significantly higher tuber yield of 23.8 t/ha was recorded by cassava + AMF (T11). Green fodder yield was maximum in T2 (Cassava+ Bajra napier hybrid+ fodder cowpea) and it was on par with T3 (Cassava+ Bajra napier hybrid+ AMF) and T4 (Cassava+ Bajra napier hybrid). Between the two fodder grasses intercropped with cassava, better performance of cassava was recorded with palisade grass.
Key words :
Alley cropping, AMF, BN hybrid, Cassava, Fodder cowpea, Harvest index, Palisade grass.
