Green Global
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PERFORMANCE OF TOMATO UNDER GHORANEEM AND SISSOO BASED AGROFERESTRY SYSTEMS (Pages : 39 - 42)

A field experiment was conducted at the farmer’s field adjacent to the Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur during October 2005 to March 2006 to investigate the growth and yield performance of tomato under eight years old Sissoo and three years old Ghora neem trees. The treatments were two timber species i.e T2: Ghoraneem (Melia azedarach) and T3: Sissoo (Dalbergia sissoo) with one control plot (T1: open field). Except plant height all the growth and yield contributing characters of tomato showed the highest values under open field followed by ghoraneem. Under sissoo significantly tallest plant (12.3 cm) was recorded but all other parameters were found significantly lowest. The study revealed that tomato can easily be grown under three years ghoraneem orchard without significant yield loss although open field produced the highest yield (71.11 t ha-1) eight years sissoo orchard should not be allowed for tomato production as the yield under sissoo was severely poor.Download