Growth, production and resource use in Colophospermum mopane-based agroforestry system in north-western India: Wachstum, Produktion und Ressourcennutzung in einem auf Colophospermum mopane basierenden Agroforestry-System in Nordwest Indien

Two-year-old Colophospermum mopane (Kirk et Benth) Kirk ex J. Leonard plants were intercropped for 7 years with a view to study the effect of tree integration and cropping pattern on land productivity. Tree-integrated plots were C. mopane with Vigna radiata (FC) and with rotation crop (RC), whereas...

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Published in:Archiv für Acker- und Pflanzenbau und Bodenkunde 2007-02, Vol.53 (1), p.75-88
Main Authors: Singh, Genda, Rathod, Thanaram R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Colophospermum mopane
Crop yield
Pennisetum glaucum
Sesamum indicum
soil nutrients
soil water
system productivity
tree biomass
tree growth
Vigna radiata
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Summary:Two-year-old Colophospermum mopane (Kirk et Benth) Kirk ex J. Leonard plants were intercropped for 7 years with a view to study the effect of tree integration and cropping pattern on land productivity. Tree-integrated plots were C. mopane with Vigna radiata (FC) and with rotation crop (RC), whereas control plots were sole V. radiata (CFC), and sole rotation crop (CRC). Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br., V. radiata, Sesamum indicum and Cymopsis tetragonoloba were harvested in the RC/CRC plots. Tree growth variables, biomass and system productivity (tree + crop) did not differ between FC and RC plots. Mean annual increment in tree biomass was 1.2 tonnes ha −1 year −1 . The highest (p 
ISSN:0365-0340
1476-3567
DOI:10.1080/03650340601063578