Growth Behaviour of Poplar (<I>Populus deltoides</I>) Clones under Farm Forestry

Archana Verma; H. S. Saralch; Sanjeev Chauhan; N.V. Saresh; M. Sankanur; Varun Srivastva

doi:10.36808/if/2013/v139i12/44413

Growth Behaviour of Poplar (Populus deltoides) Clones under Farm Forestry

Authors

Archana Verma Department of Tree Improvement and Genetic Resources, College of Forestry, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni- Solan- 173 230 (Himahal Pradesh)
H. S. Saralch Dept. of Forestry and Natural Resources, College of Agriculture, PAU, Ludhiana
Sanjeev Chauhan Dept. of Forestry and Natural Resources, College of Agriculture, PAU, Ludhiana
N.V. Saresh Department of Tree Improvement and Genetic Resources, College of Forestry, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni- Solan- 173 230 (Himahal Pradesh)
M. Sankanur Department of Tree Improvement and Genetic Resources, College of Forestry, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni- Solan- 173 230 (Himahal Pradesh)
Varun Srivastva Dept. of Forestry and Natural Resources, College of Agriculture, PAU, Ludhiana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2013/v139i12/44413

Keywords:

Growth Behaviour, Poplar, Clones, Farm Forestry

Abstract

The study was conducted to explore the growth performance of different clones of Populus deltoides under farm forestry. The experiment was established during February, 2006 with six poplar clones under two environments i.e. pure poplar plantation and agroforestry plantation (poplar with wheat and mung) and laid out in Split Plot Design with three replications. Results of the studies revealed that all growth parameters of poplar clones i.e. DBH, height and crown spread exhibited better performance under agroforestry plantation. Overall, clone SWL 22 showed best performance under both the environments.

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