Positive allelospoly of Melia dubia Cav. spatial geometry improve quantitative and qualitative attributes of Aloe vera L.

Melia dubia Cav. Meliaceae

“…Allelopathic effects are reported on the seed germination and growth of agroforestry crops such as maize, green gram, and black chickpea (Thakur et al 2017;Kumar et al 2018). Allelospoly study on M. dubia in agroforestry showed positive effect on growth, biomass, and phytochemicals in pulp of Aloe vera (Thakur et al 2018).…”

Melia dubiaCav. wood properties vary with age and influence the pulp and paper quality

“…could be a promising short-rotation tree species for the paper industries. M. dubia is a large, deciduous and fast growing perennial tree species (Chauhan and Ritu 2005;Thakur et al 2018;Bhusara, Dobriyal, Thakur, Gunaga, et al 2018;Bhusara, Dobriyal, Thakur, Sondarva, et al 2018). It is indigenous to the Western Ghats region in India and is common in moist deciduous forests of the Indian state of pulpwood species (Nagalakshmi et al 2001;Vijayan et al 2004;Parthiban et al 2009).…”

“…In irrigated conditions, it attains an average height of 14 m with 10 m of clear bole and 67 cm of girth at 4 years age, while in natural rainfed conditions, its average height is 12 m with 7 m of clear bole and 50 cm of girth (Warrier 2011;Thakur et al 2018).…”

“…Apart from many multipurpose uses (Vijayan et al 2004; Susheela et al 2008; Malarvannan et al 2009; Yasodha et al 2011), it is identified as an alternative pulpwood species (Nagalakshmi et al 2001; Vijayan et al 2004; Parthiban et al 2009). The industrial importance of M. dubia has encouraged farmers to take up large-scale plantations either in block or in agroforestry systems (Chauhan and Ritu 2005; Parthiban et al 2009; Thakur et al 2018) without any allelopathic effect on under storey crops (Kumar et al 2017; Thakur et al 2017; Thakur, Kumar, Gunaga, Singh 2017; Parmar et al 2018).…”