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B.C. Sharma, Anil Kumar and S.K. Gupta. 2012. Management strategies for rehabilitation of Lantana infested forest pastures in Shivalik foothills of Jammu & Kashmir . Indian Journal of Weed Science : 44( 1) 38- 42.







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Volume Issue Publication year Page No Type of article
44 1 2012 38-42 Full length articles
Management strategies for rehabilitation of Lantana infested forest pastures in Shivalik foothills of Jammu & Kashmir

B.C. Sharma, Anil Kumar and S.K. Gupta

DOI: IJWS-2012-44-1-9

Email: drbhagwati@gmail.com
Address: Division of Agronomy, SKUAST-J, Main Campus Chatha, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir 180 009

Keywords:

Economics, Forest pastures rehabilitation, Grubbing, Glyphosate, Lantana camara, Manual cutting, Perennial grasses



Abstract:

A study on rejuvenation of  wild sage (Lantana camara L.) infested forest pastures in Shivalik foot-hills of Jammu & Kashmir  was conducted from April 2006 to December 2008. The study included manual cuttings of Lantana bushes; manual cuttings followed by   application of 1% glyphosate on its regenerated growth of 30 cm in height; and manual grubbings. These were followed by either no plantation of grasses, planting  either of hybrid napier and  Setaria cuttings. Results of the study revealed that the fresh bio-mass of Lantana bushes  recorded  a sizeable reduction ranging from 66 to 99% under different treatments over its initial average fresh bio-mass  value of 28 kg/25 m2. Likewise, a significant reduction in the number of Lantana bushes per unit area to the extent of 67-99% over its initial average value of 6 bushes/25 m2 was also recorded with grubbing and the herbicide applied treatments. Application of glyphosate 30 cm regenerated growth of Lantana bushes and grubbing treatments followed by planting either of  hybrid napier and Setaria  were found equally effective  in rehabilitation of Lantana infested forest pastures as both of these grasses provided good soil cover and recorded higher  forage yields under these treatments i.e. hybrid napier 1.81 to 2.07 t/ha and Setaria 0.98 to1.02 t/ha.These two treatments were also found significantly superior to the repeated Lantana cutting treatments and  decreased  fresh Lantana bio-mass by 94.20 to 99.03% over its initial bio-mass value. However, between these two most effective treatments  i.e. the management of Lantana bushes with the application of glyphosate followed by planting of  either hybrid napier and Setaria  grasses were found economically superior, with a net saving of rupees 6,640/ha, over the grubbings of Lantana followed by planting either of these grasses .





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