Evaluation of medicinal plants as intercrop under cashewnut plantation
Research Type
Departmental Research
Experiment Background
Valsad, Navsari and Dang are leading cashew growing areas of Gujarat contributing more than 90% production of raw cashew from more than 6000 ha. Dharampur, Kaparada and Vansada are very well known for cashew cultivation. However, mono cropping of cashew many times unable to give expected economic returns. On the other hand there are some medicinal crops which gives good economic returns, is a viable agronomic practice for stepping up the production as well as productivity of a system from a unit area during a cropping period.
Keeping this fact in mind an experiment is proposed to better utilization of available moisture after the monsoon and to enhance the soil fertility by cultivation of some suitable medicinal crops with the following objectives:
Experiment Group
Horticulture
Unit Type
(02)EDUCATION UNIT
Unit
(13)ASPEE COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE (NAVSARI)
Department
(216)Plantation Spices Medicinal and Aromatic,ACHF, Navsari
BudgetHead
(329/12108/00)329/01/REG/04650
Objective
To identify the most suitable medicinal crop as intercrop in cashewnut plantation
Season
Rabi
Location Unit Type
(02)EDUCATION UNIT
Location Unit
(13)ASPEE COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE (NAVSARI)
Location Department
(216)Plantation Spices Medicinal and Aromatic,ACHF, Navsari