RESILIENCE CAPACITY OF LIMESTONE MINE SOILS BY ADOPTING ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI IN MAIZE-COWPEA INTERCROPPING SYSTEM OF MAWSMAI, MEGHALAYA.
*Ehkupar Gary Suting
ABSTRACT
The present study aims to improve and recover soil productivity of limestone mine through maize-cowpea intercropping with three different Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Mawsmai village of Cherrapunjee, (Meghalaya) which has been witnessing open cast mining for several decades. The field experiment was conducted specially from the area of limestone mine spoils of less than eight years by applying Funneliformis mosseae, Rhizophagus intraradices and Septoglomus constrictum in different concentration and formulations with inorganic fertilizers by following standard agronomic practices of cultivation during kharif season.
Keywords: Limestone mine spoils, maize-cowpea intercropping, Arbuscular mycorrhiza, Mawsmai, Meghalaya.
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