EFFECT OF CLIPPING HEIGHT ON HERB AND OIL CONTENT OF JAVA-CITRONELLA (CYMBOPOGON WINTERIANUS)

Authors
CHOUDHURY SN GHOSH AC
Citation
Sn. Choudhury et Ac. Ghosh, EFFECT OF CLIPPING HEIGHT ON HERB AND OIL CONTENT OF JAVA-CITRONELLA (CYMBOPOGON WINTERIANUS), Indian Journal of Agronomy, 40(3), 1995, pp. 486-490
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture
Journal title
Indian Journal of Agronomy → ACNP
ISSN journal
0537197X
Volume
40
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
486 - 490
Database
ISI
SICI code
0537-197X(1995)40:3<486:EOCHOH>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
An experiment was conducted during 1989-92 to determine the optimum cl ipping height of Java citronella (Cymbapogon winterianus Jowitt). Plan ts clipped at 30 cm height showed significant increase in dry herbage and essential oil. However, further increase (40 cm) or decrease (5 cm ) in the height reduced the yield of the 2 parameters. Leaf-area index was maximum at 30 cm clipping height, whereas oil content of herbage and dry weight and carbohydrate of roots were greater at higher height s used for clipping.