Vol. 2 (2) : March-April 2011 issue
Green Farming Vol. 2 (2) : 246-247 (March-April, 2011) (New Series)
Effect of intercrops on growth and yield of mango
G.R. MUNDE1*, R.V. NAINWAD2 and R.P. GAJBHIYE3
College of Agriculture, Badnpur, Jalna - 431 203 (Maharashtra)
Designation : 1Asstt. Professor (Horti.), 2Asstt. Horticulturist, 3Associate Professor *Correspondence
Subject : Fruit Science and Pomology
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G.R. MUNDE, R.V. NAINWAD and R.P. GAJBHIYE. 2011. Effect of intercrops on growth and yield of mango. Green Farming Vol. 2 (2) : 246-247 (March-April, 2011) (New Series)
ABSTRACT
The National Agriculture Technology project (RNPS-9) mainly emphasized on developing suitable Agri-horti and Agro- forestry system in kharif sorghum area decreasing region for overall sustainablity of production system. In the experiment mango orchards of three different age group (1-2 yrs, 5-7 yrs & 10 yrs and above) were selected for growing intercrops like cowpea, sorghum, horse gram, stylo hamata and cenchrus ciliars along with the application of recommended dose of fertilizer and farmyard manure which maintained the nutritional requirement of mango orchard. The intercrops raised suppressed the weed growth, added more bio-mass, maintained soil fertility and gave surplus income to the growers.
Key words :
Intercrops, Mangifera indica, mango.
