Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Comparative efficacy of HEIS in growing commercially important forest hardwoods

Author(s):

Muhammad Zubair ¹*, Din Muhammad Zahid ¹, Syed Bilal Hussain ¹, Wasif Nouman ¹, Muhammad Safdar Balouch ², Ahmad Hussain ³, Muhammad Imran Mehmood ¹, Syed Amir Manzoor ¹

Recieved Date: 2013-09-20, Accepted Date: 2013-12-30

Abstract:

The industrial development and population expansion has led to the excessive utilization of natural resources of water by fulfilling demand for food and related products. Current over-exploited water reservoirs reiterate necessity to opt for water saving technologies for sustainable agriculture and forestry practices. Present research made use of an on-field investigation of growing three commercially important hardwoods on HEIS and flooding system of irrigation. Seedling height (SH), seedling diameter (SD), number of branches (NB), number of leaves (NL), shoot fresh (SFW) and dry weight (SDW) and root fresh (RFW) and dry weight (RDW) were examined. SFW, RFW, SDW and RDW amongst all species were significantly affected by the irrigation systems. Drip irrigation yielded more SFW, SDW, RFW and RDW in S. cumini whereas it was instrumental in producing increased SFW, SDW and RFW in D. sissoo. Nonetheless, in M. alba, both drip and flooding remained significant in producing increased readings in SDW and RFW. In conclusion, drip irrigation not only proved to be the best system affecting growth parameters of tree species but also maximized saving of precious irrigation water.

Keywords:

Drip, bubbler, irrigation, Dalbergia sissoo, Syzygium cumini, Morus alba

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Journal: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment
Year: 2014
Volume: 12
Issue: 2
Category: Environment
Pages: 886-888

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