Effect of organic mulches and farming practices on strawberry yield and economics under wild pomegranate-based agroforestry in the western Himalayas

IF 2.2 3区农林科学 Q2 AGRONOMY

Agroforestry Systems Pub Date : 2025-09-11 DOI:10.1007/s10457-025-01315-4

Anshul Thakur, Prem Prakash, Rohit Bishist, Pramod Verma, D. R. Bhardwaj, Harish Sharma, Avinash Kumar Bhatia, Sheetal Thakur, Pooja

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The present study was conducted with objective to study the effect of different farming practices and mulches on production of strawberry under wild pomegranate-based agroforestry systems at the experimental farm in Pandah, Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, during 2022–2023. The experiment comprised of 13 treatment combinations of three organic mulches (bamboo, pine, and poplar) and three types of manure (natural farming, recommended dose of fertilizers (RDF), and farmyard manure (FYM), replicated thrice under randomized block design (factorial). The results indicated that treatments incorporating pine needle mulch with FYM (T₉) significantly recorded highest fruit length (38.07 mm), weight (15.66 g), yield (361.48 g) and productivity (9.0 ton/ha) under the wild pomegranate system, outperforming sole cropping. Economic analysis revealed that the highest net return (9750.64 US$ ha⁻¹) and benefit-cost (B: C) ratio (3.89) were obtained from pine mulch with RDF (T₈), demonstrating the financial viability of integrating strawberry into the agroforestry system. The findings demonstrate that integrating strawberry cultivation with wild pomegranate enhances land-use efficiency and offers a profitable, sustainable farming strategy by diversifying income sources.

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有机地膜和耕作方式对西喜马拉雅地区以野生石榴为基础的农林业草莓产量和经济效益的影响

本研究旨在研究2022-2023年间，在喜马偕尔邦瑙尼帕尔玛园艺与林业大学森林栽培和农林业系Pandah实验农场，不同耕作方式和覆盖对野生石榴农林业系统下草莓产量的影响。试验采用3种有机地膜（竹、松、杨木）和3种有机肥（自然耕作、肥料推荐用量（RDF）和农家肥（FYM））的13种处理组合，采用随机区组设计（因子）重复试验3次。结果表明，松针覆盖FYM （T9）处理在野石榴体系下的果实长（38.07 mm）、重（15.66 g）、产量（361.48 g）和生产力（9.0 t / hm2）均显著高于单作。经济分析表明纯收益最高(9750.64公顷⁻1美元)和收益成本(B: C)比(3.89)得到从松树覆盖物RDF (T8),展示了集成草莓到农林复合经营系统的财务可行性。研究结果表明，将草莓与野生石榴结合种植可提高土地利用效率，并通过多样化的收入来源提供有利可图的可持续种植策略。

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Agroforestry Systems 农林科学-林学

CiteScore

5.30

自引率

9.10%

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审稿时长

4.5 months

期刊介绍： Agroforestry Systems is an international scientific journal that publishes results of novel, high impact original research, critical reviews and short communications on any aspect of agroforestry. The journal particularly encourages contributions that demonstrate the role of agroforestry in providing commodity as well non-commodity benefits such as ecosystem services. Papers dealing with both biophysical and socioeconomic aspects are welcome. These include results of investigations of a fundamental or applied nature dealing with integrated systems involving trees and crops and/or livestock. Manuscripts that are purely descriptive in nature or confirmatory in nature of well-established findings, and with limited international scope are discouraged. To be acceptable for publication, the information presented must be relevant to a context wider than the specific location where the study was undertaken, and provide new insight or make a significant contribution to the agroforestry knowledge base