Application of Farm Yard Manure for Raising Seedlings of Prosopis cinerea in Entisols

Prosopis cinerea (Leguminasae) is a hardy tree species and mostly grown in arid and semi arid zones. In Chhattisgarh semiarid conditions appear in Entisols just after the rainy seasons. A nursery trial was conducted using Entisols supplemented by FYM in different ratio viz; 0 (T₁), 25 (T₂), 33 (T₃), 50 (T₄), 67 (T₅), 75 (T₆) and 100 per cent (T₇). The emergence of seedling was 64.3 per cent in T₁, T₅ and T₆ while 57.1 per cent in T₂, T₃ and T₄ with minimum in T₇ (42.9%). Survivorship of seedling was ranged 81.3 to 88.9 per cent. The growth in shoot, ischolar_main length and dry matter accumulation was highest in T₇ (Pure FYM) followed by T₆ (75% FYM) with decreasing trend as share of FYM get decreased till T₁ (Pure soil). The observations were found statistically insignificant between T₁ to T₅ and T₅ to T₇ . The positive correlation among soil and plant parameters showed that availability of nitrogen in soil played very significant role for growth of stem, leaves and ischolar_mains, while availability of phosphorus promote growth in stem and ischolar_mains only. There was strong negative relationship between organic carbon and emergence of seedlings, resulted the least emergence in T₇ (42.9 %) due to toxicity causes by organic matters. Thus over all the application of FYM particularly in the ratio of 1:2 and 1:3 with Entisols in treatment T₅ and T₆ respectively were found better for raising the seedling and plants of Prosopis cinerea.