Research Article | Published: 01 September 1998

Identifying suitable grass-legume combination for soil and moisture conservation based fodder production in non-arable area of Palar watershed

G. Rangaraju, A. Palchamy, A. Mohamed Ali, R. Jaganathan and Aruna Rajagopal

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 5 | Issue: 3/4 | Page No. 116-121 | 1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-1998-XA570L | Cite this article

Abstract

The feasibility of raising a better combination of grass and legume to meet the fodder requirement of the watershed, besides controlling the runoff and soil loss was tested in the non-arable area of Palar watershed during 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96. Establishment and growth characters of Cenchrus ciliaris grass with legume Stylosanthus scabra in 3:1 mixed stand were significantly superior over other combinations. The same treatment produced the highest green fodder yield of 29.4 t/ha-1 and least runoff and soil loss of 167.9 mm and 3041.2 kg/ha-1 respectively which were 27.5 and 43.15 per cent lesser than control.

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Rangaraju, G., Palchamy, A., Ali, A.M., Jaganathan, R. and Rajagopal, A., 1998. Identifying suitable grass-legume combination for soil and moisture conservation based fodder production in non-arable area of Palar watershed. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 5(3/4), pp.116-121. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-1998-XA570L

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Manuscript Published on 01 September 1998

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