Seasonal impact on quantitative attributes and vegetation indices of bioresources present in horti-silvi-pasture system of Central Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Bioresources composition in District Budgam (Central Kashmir) revealed the presence of 31 genera having 32 species belonging to 20 families of herb plants and six genera of six species representing three families of trees. Seasonal variation in quantitative attributes explicated dominance of Cynodon dactylon. Index of diversity of herbaceous species demonstrated maximum values during summer season. In case of tree diversity, Malus domestica was recorded as the most important species revealing an importance value index of 72 in the evaluated agroforestry system.