Effect of Different Bamboo Species Leaf Leachate on Germination and Seedling Growth of some Vegetable Crops
Research Type
Departmental Trail
Experiment Background
The bamboo based agroforestry system can play an important role in enhancing productivity, sustainability and resource conservation. Many of useful bamboo species can occupy the same ecological niche as trees and are well suited for agroforestry (Tewari et al., 2015). As a component in agroforestry system, bamboos can reduce erosivity of rainfall/runoff and erodibility of soil and intercept more rainfall, maintain soil health by addition of organic matter through litter fall and improve microclimate by reducing soil and air temperature, solar radiation and wind speed which directly influence the soil evaporation and humidity (Tewari et al., 2015).Besides having many advantages of bamboos in agroforestry systems, various chemicals (allelochemicals) can be released through the process of volatization, stem flow or litter decomposition and from leaf aqueous leachate in soil. These leachates play a major role in the basic metabolism and affect numerous physiological and biochemical processes of intercrops (Rice, 1984; Narwal and Tauro, 1994). The allelochemicals present in the aqueous leaf leachate can inhibit the growth of some species at certain concentration and at the same time can stimulate the growth of same or different species at lower concentration (Rice, 1984). Allelopathy is of great interest because it can help to establish the combination of intercropping species in an agroforestry system in such a way that donor species have less negative impact on receptor crop. Present study is an attempt to find out the allelopathic effect of different bamboo species leaf leachates on some vegetable crops in control condition.
Experiment Group
Forestry
Unit Type
(02)EDUCATION UNIT
Unit
(61)COLLEGE OF FORESTRY (NAU, NAVSARI)
Department
(2360)SILVICULTURE AND AGROFORESTRY, COF, NAU, NAVSARI
BudgetHead
(352/12029/00)352/01/REG/04205
Objective
1. To study the effects of leaf leachate of Bamboo species on germination of different vegetable crops seedling
2. To study the effects of leaf leachate of Bamboo species on growth of different vegetable crop seedling
Season
Not season specific
Location Unit Type
(02)EDUCATION UNIT
Location Unit
(61)COLLEGE OF FORESTRY (NAU, NAVSARI)
Location Department
(2360)SILVICULTURE AND AGROFORESTRY, COF, NAU, NAVSARI
Plot No
NA
PI Name
(NAU-EMP-2010-000944)JAYESH - PATHAK
PI Email
jayeshpathak@nau.in
PI Mobile
9662858490
Year of Approval
2020
Commencement Year
2020
Completion Year
2025
Design of Experiment
Completely Randomized Design with Factorial Concept (FCRD)