Claim · model-written summary
Site preparation and amendments did not affect survival, height or girth of the fruit species.
- Taxon
- fruit speciese1
- Treatment
- site preparation techniques and amendment usee0
- Outcome
- survival, height and girthe0
- Direction
- remained unaffectede0
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Verbatim
e0“survival, height and girth of all species remained unaffected owing to site preparation techniques and amendment use.”
e1“The performance of 10 fruit species, namely pomegranate (Punica granatum), guava (Psidium guajava), sapota (Achras japota), baelpather (Aegle marmelos), amla (Emblica officinalis), ber (Zizyphus mauritiana), karaunda (Carissa carandas), date palm (Phoenix dactyleform), jamun (Syzygium cuminii) and imli (Tamarindus indica)”
Title
Growing fruit trees in highly alkali soils—a case study
G. Singh; J. C. Dagar; N. T. Singh Land Degradation and Development 1997. doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-145x(199709)8:3<257::aid-ldr259>3.0.co;2-q
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation Jamun, guava, ber and imli performed best regardless of planting technique and amendment.
- Observation Date palm and baelpather performed poorly.
- Observation Sapota had satisfactory initial growth.
- Observation Sapota was highly sensitive to frost.
- Observation Pomegranate performed exceedingly well.
- Observation Pomegranate was very sensitive to prolonged water stagnation.
- Observation About half a dozen of ten fruit species could be established in alkali soils with appropriate preparation and management.
- Observation Established species began bearing 18 to 24 months after planting.
- Observation Fruit was damaged by monsoon water stagnation and winter chilling.
- Method / resource The augerhole root bed method was more economical, less laborious and faster than pits.