Research Article | Published: 01 March 2013

Studies on important plant characters of Poplar (Populus deltoides) for Agroforestry system of Central Uttar Pradesh

Md. Rizwan Khan, Ashwani Kumar and S. A. Khan

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 20 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 1-5 | 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2013-EAK9AR | Cite this article

Abstract

Poplar is a fast growing tree being recommended for Agroforestry System. Studies indicated that the Poplar based Agroforestry System is not getting momentum in Central part of Uttar Pradesh. Realizing the necessity of growing population the present investigation was conducted during the year, 2004 and 2005 at Forest Research Institute, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. It is revealed from experimental finding that the Poplar clone S7C4 showed the highest plant height closely followed by S7C2 whereas highest collar diameter with Poplar clone S7C2 closely followed by S7C4. The highest number of branches in main shoot was recorded by S7C15 followed by G-48 and Udai whereas it was lowest with G-3 followed by L-52. The Pant Poplar-5 possesses the highest leaf area index followed by S7C2 and G-48 and it was lowest with D-121. The poplar clone G-48 showed the longest leafless period whereas lowest duration was with Pant Poplar-5. The lowest crown diameter was recorded with G-3 followed by S7C2 while it was highest with G-48 followed by Udai.

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Khan, M.R., Kumar, A. and Khan, S.A., 2013. Studies on important plant characters of Poplar (Populus deltoides) for Agroforestry system of Central Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 20(1), pp.1-5. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2013-EAK9AR

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