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Assessment of the Growth and Yield Parameters of Fillers in Rubber Intercropping

Author: R. Swarnapriya

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Abstract

Filler crops are a boon to worldwide floriculture industry. This trend has increased still further because of the green, lively and refreshing image presented by such products and the predicted increase in consumption of floral products. They are being used in floral designs and also serve as a good ground cover for shady locations. Rubber is remunerative plantation crop However as the gestation period is very long even up to seven years the land in the alley spaces remain unutilised. To cultivate these filler crops shade is required which is normally provided with artificial shade nets. This in turn increases the cost of production of these filler crops. Instead of creating shade condition artificially, the natural shade like growing under plantation crops viz., rubber makes a dual benefit for both rubber and filler crops. Hence in this study nine filler crops were grown under rubber plantation in randomized block design with three replications. The different growth and yield paramete

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Filler crops, growth, rubber, yield.

Conclusion

The intercropped foliage plants in rubber plantation showed a significant variation for growth and yield parameters. The treatment T5 Dypsis lutescence exhibited better growth characters viz., plant height (74.6 cm) and petiole length (34.5 cm) compared with other treatments. The leaf yield was highest in T3 Draceana fragrans cv. Massangeana (29.7). The same species have recorded a shelf life of 32.6 days. As these are cut foliages the number of leaves produced per plant is an important criteria for economical production Considering these findings with regard to number of leaves and shelf life it could be concluded that T3 Draceana fragrans cv. Massangeana is economic and most suitable crop for enhancing the land use efficiency of rubber plantation by intercropping.

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How to cite this article

Swarnapriya, R. (2021). Assessment of the Growth and Yield Parameters of Fillers in Rubber Intercropping. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(3): 41-44.