Growth comparison of fodder tree species under rainfed conditions at Dagarkotli, Thal desert
Growth comparison of fodder tree species under rainfed conditions at Dagarkotli, Thal desert
Mohammad Noor and Bashir Hussain Shah
ABSTRACT
Growth and biomass of five tree species planted in 1983
in a roaded catchment under rainfed conditions at
Dagarkotli, were compared. Twenty plants of each of the
five fodder tree species were planted in each of 6
replications on RCB design. Survival, growth and
airdried biomass data were collected in January, 1994 on
each tree species, and analyzed statistically. Acacia
modesta, Prosopis cineraria and Acaica albida had
substantially higher survival percent than Acacia
tortilis and Acacia victoriae. Acacia albida and Acacia
tortilis showed significantly higher growth than the
other species. The airdried biomass of 65 kg/plant of
Acacia albida was significantly greater than other tree
species. Acacia victoriae gained minimum height, dbh
growth, and produced minimum airdried biomass of 14
kg/tree. None of the other three tree species showed any
significant difference in airdried biomass.
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June 1995
Vol. 45, Iss. 2
