Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Role in Agro forestry

• A number of vegetables are found to be most suitable for growing as intercrop along with trees. During early stage (up to 5 years) crops like potato, bhendi, tomato, brinjal, onion, peas etc., can be grown successfully while during later stage(from 5-10 years) crops like chilli, palak and ginger can be grown effectively .