Research Article | Published: 01 December 2005

N and P resorption efficiency in certain young tropical tree species planted on mine spoil

Pankaj Kumar and Arvind Singh

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 28 | Issue: 4 | Page No. 371-375 | 2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2005-F1QN7P | Cite this article

Abstract

N and P resorption efficiencies were studied in three years old eight tropical tree species planted on mine spoil. Of the eight species Albizia lebbeck, Albizia procera, Dalbergia sissoo and Pongamia pinnata were legumes while Azadirachta indica, Holoptelia integrifolia, Madhuca indica and Terminalia arjuna were non-legumes. Both groups of plants have shown higher resorpton efficiency for both nitrogen and phosphorus. But they potentially differed in terms of N and P resorption efficiency. Non-legumes have shown higher efficiency for N resorption and lower efficiency for P resorption while contrary to this, legumes have shown lower efficiency for N resorption and higher efficiency for P resorption.

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Kumar, P. and Singh, A., 2005. N and P resorption efficiency in certain young tropical tree species planted on mine spoil. Indian Journal of Forestry, 28(4), pp.371-375. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2005-F1QN7P

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