PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS IN HORTI-MEDICINAL AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM UNDER ARID REGIONS OF ANDHRA PRADESH
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MALLISWARA REDDY A
All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, Ananthapur-515 001 Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
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SRINIVASULU D V
All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, Ananthapur-515 001 Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
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SAHADEVA REDDY B
All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, Ananthapur-515 001 Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Keywords:
Horti-medicinal agro forestry, Semi- arid regions, Yield and yield attributesAbstract
A field experiment was conducted for evaluation of medicinal and aromatic plants in horti
medicinal agroforestry system under semi-arid regions of Andhra Pradesh during kharif,2021
and 2022 at AICRPDA, Agricultural Research Station, Ananthapur. The treatments consist of
four main plots (Trees) of size 72X 36 m viz., Simarouba, Custard apple, Jamun and Amla and
three sub plots (Medicinal plants) of size 36 X 4 m viz., Aswagandha, Senna, Nannari and Velvet
bean. The experiment was conducted in split plot design with three replications. During 2021,
Amla trees, recorded an average fruit yield of 8.0 kg per tree and Jamun fruit yield was 8 kg per
tree. During 2022, Amla trees recorded an average fruit yield of 9.3 kg per tree, jamun average
fruit yield was 7.1 kg per tree and custard apple average fruit yield was 0.7 kg per tree. The
present study findings showed that, in semi-arid regions of Andhra Pradesh, all of the tested
medicinal plants performed better when grown as sole crops as compared to different tree-based
intercropping systems. Sub plot treatments viz., medicinal plants intercropped in custard apple
performed well (Mean leaf yield of Aswagandha was 1547 kg ha-1 , Aswagandha root dry weight
was 87 kg ha-1 ; Senna leaf dry weight was 1674 kg ha-1 and velvet bean seed yield was 293 kg
ha-1 )compared to other trees.
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