1. GYANARANJAN SAHOO - College of Forestry, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.
2. AFAQ MAJID WANI - College of Forestry, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj,
Uttar Pradesh, India.
3. ANTONY JOSEPH RAJ - College of Forestry, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.
4. PRAVAT KUMAR ROUL - Professor, Department of Agronomy, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
5. ASIM CHANDRA DASH - Professor, Department of Agronomy, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Lower maize productivity was primarily caused by declining soil fertility, which was addressed by the use of commercial fertilisers. The rising costs of inorganic fertilisers, on the other hand, may discourage smallholder farmers. As a result, while looking for a way to cut production costs while enhancing productivity, integrated nutrition management has been advocated. Several studies have been conducted to maximise the combined use of organic and inorganic fertilisers in various areas. The current study took place in the Nursery of the College of Forestry, SHUATS, Prayagraj, from July 2019 to October 2020. The study used a Randomized Block Design (RBD) with twelve treatments that were reproduced three times. The treatments were T1 (control), T2 (100% RDF), T3 (75% RDF), T4 (50% RDF), T5 (75%RDF+ FYM 25%), T6 (50%RDF+ FYM 50%), T7 (75%RDF+ Mustard Oil Cake 25%), T8 (50%RDF+ Mustard Oil Cake 50%), T9 (75% RDF+ Vermicompost 25%), T10 (50% RDF+ Vermicompost 50 %), T11 (75% RDF+ Poultry manure 25 %) and T12 (50% RDF+ Poultry Manure 25 %). From the present experiment it is found that treatment Combination T9 (75% RDF+ Vermicompost 25%) was found to be the best treatment in terms of germination and plant height as compared to others and minimum was recorded in treatment T1 (control) under Maize-poplar agroforestry system.
Agroforestry, Germination, INM, Plant height, Poplar.