Evaluation of in-situ Soil and Water Conservation Treatments on the Performance of Acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) on Vertisols
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https://doi.org/10.52151/jae2005422.1128Abstract
Different in-situ soil and water conservation treatments consisting of continuous trenching, continuous bunding, staggered trenching between the rows and control (without any soil and water conservation treatment) were evaluated during 2003-04 in II years old acid lime orchard at Nagpur. All the conservation treatments were effective in checking loss of runoff, soil and nutrients, which resulted in a favourable response of the plants in terms of better growth, fruit yield and quality, compared to those under the control. The treatment, continuous trenching produced the best response conserving 38% runoff, 32.28% soil loss, 32.44%N, 27.67% P, and 28.95% K over control, besides 18% higher fruit yield.
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