Research Article | Published: 01 June 2015

Effect of Nitrogen Treatments on Growth and Biomass Production Behaviour in Myrica esculenta Buch.Ham. ex D.Don

S. P. Chaukiyal, Pooja  Kannojia, Nirmal  Khatri and Pallavi  Bhatia

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 38 | Issue: 2 | Page No. 101-112 | 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2015-1JK5AZ | Cite this article

Abstract

To study the nitrogen fertilizer effect on growth and morphological traits in Myrica esculenta, a pot experiment was conducted under nursery conditions with four different nitrogen fertilizer doses i.e. 0, 20, 40, 80 kg/ha. Maximum plant height, collar diameter, number of leaves and root per plant together with root length were observed in 20 kg N/ha treatment. However, leaf, stem, root biomass produced per plant was higher in 80 kg N/ha as compared to other treatments. On seasonal analysis basis growth and biomass values were observed significantly different as compared to treatments effect and interaction between season x treatments. However, in case of root shoot ratio higher values were recorded in summer followed by winter and summer season. The seasons, treatments and their interactions i.e., seasons x treatments were observed significantly different with each other.

Keywords

Myrica esculenta; Biomass; Nitrogen Treatments; Seasonal Behaviour

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Chaukiyal, S.P., Kannojia, P., Khatri, N. and Bhatia, P., 2015. Effect of Nitrogen Treatments on Growth and Biomass Production Behaviour in Myrica esculenta Buch.Ham. ex D.Don. Indian Journal of Forestry, 38(2), pp.101-112. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2015-1JK5AZ

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