S. Sarvade

Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya | JNKW · Department of Forestry

The production of any crop depends on the information-seeking behaviour of the farmer. If the former received accurate information about cropping patterns, fertilizers, insecticides, innovative and updated farming technologies, and the most recent research findings at the right time, the former would undoubtedly be twice as busy very soon. This pap...

A n area under cultivation of fodder crops has almost remained static (8.3 million ha) for the last 3 decades and area under permanent pastures has been declining over the years. Whereas, uncontrolled overgrazing reduced productivity of permanent pastures. Overgrazing also affect the soil bio-physic-chemical properties. The situation is further agg...

Heavy metals are the most important soil contaminants in the environment. Heavy metals are the integrated components of the biosphere and thus occur naturally in soils and plants. Heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, and Zn) have occurred widely as a result of human, agricultural and industrial activities which is responsible for the contamination of...

A study on growers of underutilized pulse crop Chani (Cicer arietinum L.) of Balaghat district, M.P., India ABSTRACT Chani or Chanoli (Cicer arietinum) is a unique small seeded underutilized gram traditionally grown in the Balaghat and some parts of Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh. It is mainly grown for its unique taste and the medicinal properti...

Background: Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh is one of the largest tribal dominated district in Central India. Baiga and Gond are the main two tribes of the Baihar, Birsa, Paraswada, Langi, Kirnapur, Katangi, Balaghat, Waraseoni and Lalbarra tehsils of Balaghat district. These tribes have enormous knowledge about medicinal properties of the plan...

The Study was conducted during 2019–20 to find out the adoption of Chinnor rice production technology by farming communities of the Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, India. Farmers of an area were aware about technology invented by scientists of College of Agriculture, Balaghat. Adoption of interventions involved in given technology varied from 64...

Whole world is facing problems arose due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. In this pandemic era agricultural activities, teaching/learning process and research activities in agriculture education system of India conducted well because of implementation of information technology (IT). Whereas, the fully adoption of such technology is not seen in c...

Applications of fertilizers alone and in combination with organic manure significantly increased the organic carbon, available nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, and K fractions, i.e., water soluble-K, exchangeable-K, non-exchangeable-K, lattice-K, and total-K in both surface and subsurface soils and without K input (100% NP & 100% N). Among the var...

Role of Agricultural Extension in organic farming which is considered as prime concern in global food perspective

Agriculture is the source of livelihood of around 80% of the world’s poor who lived in rural areas and mainly depend on agriculture. Unfortunately, the global food production system facing an alarming situation due to increasing food demand from a rapidly growing population, increased hunger and malnutrition, the impact of climate change, and food...

Rice (Oriza sativa) is one of most important kharif cereal crop. The availability of nutrients in the soil for plant utilization is known to be affected not only by the inherent soil characteristics but also by the use of fertilizers and management practices followed for crop production. Therefore, a study on the response of integrated application...

Assessment of Economic Viability of Different Agroforestry Systems in Giri Catchment, Himachal Pradesh

Forest fire spread out in an area having combustible material in the summer season with high temperature. It burns the area and looks like a misery. Forest fire is one of the factors that severely affects the forest biodiversity. Burning actions in a forest affects not only flora and fauna but also soil properties changed due to the forest fire. In...

The study was carried out to examine the socioeconomic status of farming communities, their knowledge on climate change and adoption of agroforestry systems in cluster of three villages of Balaghat District of Madhya Pradesh during 2017-19. Farming communities are mainly depending on the agriculture and dairy for their socioeconomic upliftment. Ave...

Natural resources of the country are humiliating due to biotic and abiotic pressures. Around 146.8 Mha land was estimated under degraded land of India by National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS&LUP). Among different land degradation categories, soil erosion through runoff is the major threat for degradation of soil and water reso...

Tree species viz., Populus deltoides (poplar), Eucalyptus camaldulensis (eucalyptus), Melia azedarach (melia) and Leucaena leucocephala (leucaena) are widely used on farm lands for multiple uses in Terai region of Central Himalaya, India. Poplar trees were recorded highest height (9.57 m) at very dense/close tree spacing (3.0×1.0m), whereas it show...

In India, Madhya Pradesh is the third largest lac producing state after Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, as they contribute 12, 16 and 60%, respectively in total country"s lac production. Lac is produced in ten out of eleven agro-climatic zones of Madhya Pradesh. In total lac production of the state, Baisakhi (Butea monosperma, inoculated in October-Nov...

The field experiment was carried out at the Dusty Acres Farm, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (JNKVV), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh to study the effect of integrated nutrient man�agement for growth and yield of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal (Variety: Jawahar Ashwagandha- 134). Tallest plants (49.35 cm) were observed at harvest stage, whereas...

India covers 147.75 mha degraded area, whereas 6.41 mha area confined to waterlogging problem in Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Kerala, Rajasthan and few other states. The transpiration principle of plants is used in bio-drainage treatment to reclaim such problematic are...

Productivity of any vegetation system mainly depends on biomass production and carbon storage potential in their different components, which are affected by nature and age of plant, and other climatic, edaphic, topographic and biotic factors. In different vegetation systems, the bole/stem biomass contributed 28 to 86% of total aboveground biomass....

Biomass constitutes primary data needed for understanding a number of ecological processes like energy flow and water and nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems. Various tree components are economically utilized for fodder, firewood, timber, pulp and paper, plywood, medicines and other uses. Therefore, quantification of total biomass is important. T...

Jamun (Syzygium cuminii L.) Skeels) is evergreen MPTs (Multipurpose Tree species) widely grown in traditional agroforestry systems (agri-silviculture and agri-horticulture) of India, except very dry areas. It produces excellent nutritious fruits, which contains carbohydrates, dietary fibre, fat, protein, vitamins like B1, B2, B3, B6 and C with trac...

Commercialization of wild edible fruits

Construction of big dams on rivers develops artificial lakes or water reservoirs which conceive alterations in soil properties of the upstream catchment area. An undulating topography and freckly soil properties cause ups and downs in tree diversity, composition and distribution. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of Gobind Sagar reservoir on s...

Agroforestry for watershed management - a biological tool

Agroforestry is a tool for biodiversity conservation.

Tree species diversity, distribution and population structure of tropical forests of Bharnawapara wildlife sanctuary was investigated. The study analyzed the structure of a tropical dry deciduous forest in Chhatisgarh at different sites i.e. closed natural forest, open natural forest and plantation forests of teak. The study was conducted by laying...

The present investigation was carried out to determine the germination behavior of ratela seeds by giving soaking treatment with growth regulators and nutrient solutions. Ratela (Wendlandia exserta Roxb. DC.) a fuelwood and small timber species is a member of Rubiaceae family. It has been well distributed throughout the sub- Himalayan tract up to 1...

The study was carried out in 2010 to standardize seed size and presowing treatments to improve the germination of Sapindus mukorossi (Gaertn) at Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. Among the three seed categories, the large sized seed (L 3) showed significantly higher germination percent (76.13%), minimum number of days to initiate germination (19.40)...

Characteristic of ground vegetation in Pinus roxburghii, Acacia mollissima, Quercus leucotricophora, Eucalyptus tereticornis, Ulmus villosa and mixed forest plantations were compared with grassland in mid-Himalayan region. Herbage density, basal area and biomass (aboveground and belowground) increased gradually from June till August in all systems....

A study was carried out to evaluate the performance of three varieties of pea grown with different doses of inorganic fertilizers + rhizobium inoculation under three years old peach plantation and open field conditions. 100%recommended dose (RD) of NPK + RIS showed best results in most of the growth and yield attributes of pea crop viz.,plant heigh...

Role of Agroforestry in biodiversity conservation-Madhya Pradesh

Periodic unavailability of farm inputs, degradation of natural resources and population explosion problems are the main causes of food insecurity. Intensive agricultural practices required to meet food requirements of increasing human population, led to large scale resource degradation. The unavailability of natural resources, high costs and period...

The study was carried out in the disturbed tropical forest of Katghora Forest Division, Bilaspur Circle, Korba district (Chhattisgarh) to investigate their effect on litter production and soil property. The fresh leaf litter was significantly lower at highly disturbed sites (1.41 t ha-1), whereas it was statistically similar in least (2.38 t ha-1)...

A field experiment was laid out at Pantnagar (Uttarakhand, India) in Mollisols during rabi season (2009- 10) to study effect of spacing and fertility levels on growth and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under different tree species in Terai region. The experiment was conducted in split-split plot design comprising four tree species in main pl...

Field experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2008-2009 on an established plantation at Agroforestry Research Centre, Haldi, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar to evaluate the effect of tree species and their spacing on yield of intercrop wheat (variety PBW-502) and soil properties. The experiment was laid out in...

India is one of the seventh largest country and 17 mega diverse countries and shares 8 per cent in world’s biodiversity. The basic needs of the country’s 1.210 billion human population which accounts 16.7 per cent of the world’s human population (Census, 2011) are mainly based on the biodiversity and their services. The increasing human and live st...

Natural resources degradation declines the food production of India. Increasing pressure of human and livestock population are the main causes of natural resource degradation. Intensive agriculture can increase food production without natural resource conservation. Agroforestry systems viz., agri-silviculture, agri-horticulture, silvipastoral, agri...

Agast is an important agroforestry tree species, which is widely distributed in Tropical Asia. Being a N2 fixing tree species it plays most important role in improving soil properties. It valued as an important fodder tree, particularly for dry season feeding of cattle and goats. The flowers and pods has high nutritive value and widely used as a fo...

Perennial woody tree species are important components of agroforestry system. They have extensive root systems and accumulate large quantity of biomass (above and below ground) as compared to annual crops. Litter addition, decomposition and nutrient release, biological nitrogen fixing, nutrient pumping and controlling erosion losses are vital proce...

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), var. PBW-502 performed better at F3 (180-60-40 kg NPK per hectare) fertility level. The crop growth, yield and yield attributes increased with widening of (3 m × 2.5 m) tree spacing.

Grain yield of urdbean increased significantly with delay in planting upto March 20, while further delay beyond March 20 reduced the yield. Pant U 31 variety produced significantly higher grain yield than other varieties.

A field experiment was conducted during spring season of 2009 for the evaluation of suitable planting date and variety (s) of urdbean for getting higher production during spring season. March 20 planted crop resulted into significantly maximum plant height, Number of trifoliate leaves per plant, dry matter accumulation in whole plant at maturity. T...