Mango based cropping system for uplands of sub-humid plateau region of Eastern India.
Vishal Nath, Bikash Das, Mathura Rai, Dey P., Kumar S., Manoj Kumar
Author Affiliation: Horticulture and Agro-forestry Research Programme, Plandu, Ranchi - 834 010 (Jharkhand), India.
Progressive Horticulture 35 : 142-145
Abstract : An experiment was conducted in Ranchi, Bihar, India, during 1998 on mango cv. Langra to establish a suitable cropping system with guava, lime and gamhar (Gmelina arborea) as filler plants, and cowpea, French bean [Phaseolus vulgaris], Stylosanthes hamata, upland rice and fallow as intercrops. The highest mango tree height (2.5 m) in 3 cropping systems, namely mango + guava + rice, mango + guava + French bean and mango + gamhar + French bean. The trunk girth was highest (36.5 cm) in mango + guava + cowpea cropping system. The highest canopy spread in the east-west direction (2.4 m) was observed in mango + guava + S. hamata and mango + gamhar + fallow cropping systems, while the highest canopy spread in the north-south direction (2.4 m) was observed in mango + gamhar + fallow cropping system. Comparative data on the growth parameters of main and filler crops, yield of intercrops and soil properties under mango-based cropping system are tabulated. Comparative data on the effect of intercrops on the growth of main and filler crops and soil properties in mango-based cropping system are also tabulated.