Influence of Mango-Based Intercropping Systems on Improvement of Soil Health under Rainfed Situation

Swain, S. K.; Dora, D. K.; Sahoo, S. C.; Padhi, S. K.; Sanyal, Debjani

doi:10.1080/00103624.2012.693233

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“…The higher soil moisture retention capacity of different AHM were attributed to incorporation of crop residues into the soil and farm yard manures, which helped improving soil organic carbon and soil moisture and also reduced the evaporation losses. Swain et al (2012) reported that soil moisture content variation was more in fallow than intercropping treatments. Murovhi et al (2012) reported that mango added 6.3 t ha -1 biolitter, which improved not only soil health but also soil moisture retention capacity.…”

Section: Soil Moisturementioning

confidence: 97%

“…Moreover, leguminous crops inside the orchard might have added more nitrogen by fixation (Yadav 1986). Saroj et al (2004b) and Swain et al (2012) reported that growing of leguminous crops inside the orchard had better effect on improving soil fertility, maintaining soil structure, keeping down weeds and resource conservation. Significant increase in the size, weight and flesh of aonla fruit had also been advocated by intercropping of leguminous crops and application of nitrogen under aonla based agri-horticultural system (Kumar et al 2002).…”

Section: Yield Of Intercrops As Influenced By Mango Canopy Spread Andmentioning

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A total of 15 years of experimentation period (1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010) was divided into two phases. In the first phase (1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005), five mango based agri-horticultural models (AHM) viz. Mango ? cowpea-toria, mango ? cluster bean/okra-toria, mango ? sesametoria, mango ? black gram-toria and mango ? pigeon pea in addition to sole mango plantation (no intercrop) and in second phase (2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010), two mango based AHM (mango ? colocasia and mango ? turmeric) in addition to sole mango (no intercrop) were studied. The mean maximum cowpea equivalent yield (t ha -1 ) was harvested from cowpea (1.84) followed by okra (1.21), black gram (1.11), sesame (0.68) and mean minimum with pigeon pea (0.58). The crop yield reduction among the mango based AHM was observed from third year to tenth year. The positive correlation was found between light transmission and intercrops yields amongst all models during both phases. However, the correlation between mango canopy spread and intercrop yields shown negative trends. The yield reduction in intercrops varied from 37.0-52.6 % during first phase and 20.6-23.5 % during second phase of experimentation compared to sole crop. The results revealed that the fruit based AHM were effective in improving fruit yields of the mango. The mean maximum fruit yield of mango (7.02 t ha -1 ) was harvested with cowpea-toria crop rotation followed by black gram-toria (6.59 t ha -1 ) and minimum fruit yield (5.76 t ha -1 ) realized with sole mango tree during first phase (1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005). Likewise, mean maximum fruit yield (13.71 t ha -1 ) from mango tree was obtained in the turmeric block followed by (13.00 t ha -1 ) in colocasia block and minimum fruit yield with sole mango tree (11.86 t ha -1 ). All the treatments of AHM recorded higher soil moisture as compared to sole mango plantation during both phases. The moisture retention under different AHM was in the order of cowpea (13.32 cm) [ black gram (13.29 cm) [ pigeon pea (13.27 cm) [ okra (12.42 cm) [ sesame (12.17 cm) [ sole mango (11.62 cm) during first phase, whereas moisture retention was observed in the order of turmeric (14.20 cm) [ colocasia (14.01 cm) [ sole mango (12.60 cm) during second phase. The cowpea-toria crop rotation with mango gave maximum benefit: cost ratio followed by okra-toria under rainfed conditions. Besides economic viability of cowpeatoria with mango, this system had improved tree growth as well as fruit yield of mango. In the second phase, mango ? turmeric yielded more benefit than mango ? colocasia system. In the first phase, the mango ? cowpea-toria system improved organic carbon, total nitrogen, phosphorus, potash and reduced pH by 49.0, 56.3, 48.6, 58.5 and 11.6 %, respectively as compared to initial values whereas mango ? turmeric system increased organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, potash and reduction in pH by 51.0, 45.0, 29.7, 29.0 and 3.4 %, ...

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Section: Soil Moisturementioning

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Section: Yield Of Intercrops As Influenced By Mango Canopy Spread Andmentioning

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Performance of mango based agri-horticultural models under rainfed situation of Western Himalaya, India

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“…There are plenty of documents that praise the idea of intercropping both theoretically and practically that includes better yield, better use of environment resources, reduction of insect-pest and weed damage and improved soil fertility. Among different intercropping systems studied, According to Swain et al (2012), the mango + guava + cowpea system increased soil physical and chemical properties. It may be suggested that inter-cropping breaks the chain of infection/events and it is also known that mono-cropping generally make the soil sick.…”

Section: Legume Intercropping Advantagesmentioning

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Subhash palekar natural farming - scope, efficacy and critics

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By 2050, India is expected to surpass China as the world's most populated country, with a population of almost 1.7 billion people. To feed this exponentially increasing population, the country must pursue a policy of vertical productivity growth, as the possibilities for additional horizontal expansion of cultivated land are rapidly diminishing. Furthermore, continual cropping depletes soil nutrient resources, necessitating the replenishment of soils with critical major and minor plant nutrients. The country cannot compromise with nutritional supply in order to end "Silent Hunger" and the immoral perpetuation of high concentrations of increasing number of malnourished children and anaemic moms. While the country is intending to restructure its agricultural production system, including R&D, to meet the needs of rising problems, the 2018-19 economic survey established a strong case for the widespread adoption of ‘Zero Budget Natural Farming' (ZBNF) to double farmers' revenue. As a result, crop productivity will remain low, and farmers will not be able to earn enough to double their income and get out of debt with this level of output. Also at the country level, we will not be able to meet the expanding populations food and nutritional demands and hence will fail to meet the sustainable goals of “Zero Hunger and Poverty Elimination” by 2030. Thus, with zero budget natural farming practices we can feed to the India and world, our emphasis is too elaborate all aspects.

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“…In areas with high rainfall, mango orchard soils in many rainfed areas have low SOC, high run-off losses and low WHC as is seen in Subtr opical foothill zones of north-wester n Himalayas (Rathoreetal. 2013), Eastern Ghats highland zone of Odisha (Swain et al, 2012), red and lateritic soils of Deccan plateau (Reddy and Kurian, 2011) and black clay loam soils of Madhya Pradesh (Tiwari and Baghel, 2015). However, with annual rainfall around 75 cm, it grows without irrigation.The mango flowers and fruits during dry season, which is characterized by absence of rainfall.…”

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Enhancing Mango Productivity through Sustainable Resource Management

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Mango the “King of fruits” is the most important fruit crop in India and the area under mango is the largest among fruit crops (2,516 thousand ha) with a production of around 19.69 million tonnes. India ranks first in mango production in the world contributing 41% of the total world production of mango. Among Indian states, with a total output of 4.3 million MT, Uttar Pradesh stands first as mango producing state. (Fig.1).This is followed by Telangana (2.73 million MT), Karnataka (1.75 million MT) and Bihar (1.36 million MT). Particularly in India all stages of mango fruit are used starting from immature to over ripe stages. Mango has specific problem of alternate bearing leading many times to low yields or no yield.

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Influence of Mango-Based Intercropping Systems on Improvement of Soil Health under Rainfed Situation

Cited by 13 publications

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Performance of mango based agri-horticultural models under rainfed situation of Western Himalaya, India

Performance of mango based agri-horticultural models under rainfed situation of Western Himalaya, India

Subhash palekar natural farming - scope, efficacy and critics

Enhancing Mango Productivity through Sustainable Resource Management

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