Performance of wheat as intercrop under poplar (Populus deltoides Bartr.) plantations in Punjab (India) |
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| Authors: | P K Ralhan A Singh R S Dhanda |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Punjab Agricultural University, 141 004 Ludhiana, India |
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| Abstract: | In an agrisilvicultural system having poplar (Populus deltoides, clone G-3) as a tree component and wheat crop as an intercrop, wheat yield was studied under five age classes of poplar and compared to wheat yield under pure cropping. A substantial reduction in wheat yield (23.3%) under three-year-old poplar plantation was observed. Maximum MAI (GBH, 20 cm) was recorded in a three-year-old poplar planting. Pruning after the third year permitted some recovery in yield. The reduction in wheat yield was significantly correlated with MAI (GBH) of poplar and occurred even under one-and-two-year-old poplar plantings. |
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| Keywords: | poplar wheat yield reduction GBH agrisilviculture |
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