Pink Cedar (Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Wight) intecropping system and its effect on soil organic matter content
Title:
Pink Cedar (Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Wight) intecropping system and its effect on soil organic matter content
Author:
Pablo ELORZA MARTÍNEZ José Manuel MARURI GARCÍA Maria de la Luz HERNÁNDEZ SÁNCHEZ Gerardo OLMEDO PÉREZ
Appeared in:
Revista científica UDO agrícola
Paging:
Volume 6 (2006) nr. 1 pages 109-113
Year:
2006
Contents:
The pink cedar (Acrocarpus franxinifolius Wight) is a tropical tree appreciated by its dense wood, resistance andmaneuverable. The goal of this project was to evaluate the tree growth seeded between basic cultivars and organic matteradded to the soil, giving an extra outcome to the agriculturist. A randomized complete blocks experimental design was usedwith three replications, using four treatments: T1: pink cedar, T2: pink cedar + corn, T3: pink cedar + beans, and T4: pinkcedar + chili. The response variables analyzed were: trunk diameter, content of organic matter and maximum yield of thealternate crop. The results show that T2, T3 and T4 were different to the response variable maximum yield of the alternatecrop, show a bigger mean value than previous records in Veracruz. None of the treatments show statistically significantdifferences for trunk diameter. For content of organic matter, it increased the percentage recorded at the beginning of theexperiment, showing that treatments T2, T3 and T4 did not give significant differences between them.