Productivity of pigeonpea ( Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) in neem ( Azadirachta indica A. Juss.) based agroforestry system o
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Productivity of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) in neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.) based agroforestry system on Alfisols in semi arid tropics Honnayya . Chittapur B.M. . Doddabasawa
Received: 27 August 2019 / Accepted: 17 May 2020 Ó Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Abstract An investigation was carried out to assess the directional and spatial influence of bund planted neem trees on pigeonpea grown in association during 2018–19 in semi-arid tropics of Karnataka, India. At short distance from the tree lines, growth attributes of pigeonpea were significantly reduced on western and eastern directions of North–South tree line compared to northern and southern directions of East–West tree line, while significantly higher number of pods per plant, seed yield per plant, seed yield and stalk yield (74.00, 24.80 g plant-1, 780 kg ha-1 and 1970 kg ha-1, respectively) were recorded in control without trees. The magnitude of reduction followed southern–northern [ eastern–western directions. However at 12.8–18.2 m from the tree lines, growth attributes were not different from control in any direction. Further, significantly lower number of pods
Honnayya Department of Agronomy, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka 584104, India e-mail: [email protected] C. B.M. Directorate of Extension, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka 584104, India e-mail: [email protected] Doddabasawa (&) College of Agriculture, Bheemarayanagudi, Yadgir District, Karnataka 585287, India e-mail: [email protected]
per plant (43.33), seed yield per plant (14.36 g), seed yield (376 kg ha-1), stalk yield (1283 kg ha-1) and harvest index (0.23) were recorded closer to the tree line (D1-2–7.4 m distance), but increased and reached the highest (70.94, 22.30, 761, 1921 kg ha-1 and 0.28, respectively) at 12.8–18.2 m away from tree line and were comparable to control irrespective of directions of planting. Overall, at latitude 160 N it was found that east–west tree planting had lower inhibitory interference on associated pigeonpea. Keywords Agroforestry Interface Neem Tree line Direction Canopy Shade
Introduction Socio-economic and environmental sustainability could be achieved through better management of natural resources, and on-farm species diversification through agroforestry is one such option as it enables building resilience to changing climate (Atta-Krah et al. 2004; Schroth et al. 2004). Agroforestry is a land use system where farmers deliberately retain or grow woody perennials in combination with the field crops and/or livestock on the same unit of land management either alternatively or at the same to get diversified products to meet their basic requirement such as fuel wood, timber, fodder and food (Nair 1985; Chittapur
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et al. 2017). Besides, tree based land use systems offer several ecosystem services which benefit the agricultural practices through improvement in soil fertility, soil and water conservation, enhancem
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