LEARNING OBJECTIVES

LECTURE 5: TROPICAL AND SUB-TROPICAL HORTICULTURAL SYSTEMS- COMPETITIVE AND COMPLIMENTARY EFFECT ON ROOT AND SHOOT SYSTEMS

Objectives:

In tropical and sub-tropical fruits, the main aim of orchard management is to increase land use efficiency, therefore use of inter-crops, multiple crops, multi-storied crops systems are followed for obtaining maximum income from the available land. Apart from these, cover crops, sod culture, herbicides, minimum tillage etc. are also common.