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Strip plantations of multi-purpose trees (MPTs) were raised on both sides of 80 km wide state highway, stretched from Raipur to Baloda-Bazar in Chhattisgarh. Seedlings of Aegle marmelos, Azadirachta indica, Dalbergia sissoo, Emblica officinalis, Eucalyptus tereticornis, Gmelina arborea, Madhuca indica, Peltoforum inerme, Pongamia pinnata, Tamarindus indica, Terminalia arjuna and Zizyphus mauritiana were planted at 2 x 2 meters spacing during July. Survival and growth of the MPTs were recorded for 4 km length on three soil types viz; Entisols, Inceptisols and Vertisols. These soils develop under different available moisture conditions. All the necessary silvicultural practices were adopted to maintain the plantations for three years.
The levels of available field moisture, water holding capacity, organic carbon and available nitrogen were found higher in vertisols, followed by inceptisols and entisols. Survival of young seedlings after one and three years of planting was found maximum in inceptisols for all the tree species.
The over all growth performance among the twelve species was recorded in the order Gmelina arborea > Eucalyptus tereticornis > Dalbergia sissoo > Terminalia arjuna > Aegle marmelos >Pongamia pinnata > Emblica officinalis >Tamarindus indica > Azadirachta indica >Zizyphus mauritiana > Peltoforum inerme > Madhuca indica.
After removing the barbed wire fencing for a period of only six months during the fourth year of planting, domestic cattle grazed/browsed the young trees and caused severe damage to the plantation in terms of height growth, although no mortality was observed as a result of grazing/browsing.
MPTs, survival, grazing, browsing, road side planting
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