Affiliation:
1. Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry
2. Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Conifer Campus
Abstract
Leaf fodder from the trees is exceptionally rich in essential nutrients like crude protein, nitrogen, calcium, phosphorus, etc. as compared to grasses/dry crop by-products. Seasonal variation in macro and micronutrients concentration in the foliage of Albizia chinensis was studied from bud break (leaf emergence) to leaf abscission. In this species, N, P, K, Zn, Cu and Na contents decreased whereas Ca, Fe and Mn contents increased with the increase in leaf age and size with the advancement of season. Mg, S and Mo did not exhibit any particular trend. On the basis of the seasonal nutrient concentration variation, mid September to October is the optimum time for lopping the nutrient rich and maximum quantity of leaf fodder of this species.
Publisher
Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh
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