Standardization techniques for soil mixture ratio and sowing depth in medicinal plants of Thar desert, India

The growth characteristics of three important medicinal plants of Thar desert, viz. Asparagus racemosus, Eclipta alba and Solanum surattense have been studied under different sowing depths and soil mixture ratios. Sowing depth of 1.0 cm and 1:1:1 soil mixture ratio [sand: clay: FYM] shows highest tuber yield in A. racemosus. However, sowing depth of 0.5 cm was suitable for both E. alba and S. surattense. The growth parameters were maximum in soil mixtures of 1:1:1 and 2:2:1 for E. alba and S. surattense, respectively

Application of agrotechniques an important medicinal plants of Indian desert

In the present paper, details of cultivation and application of agrotechniques on Shankhpushpi [Evolvulus alsinoides] and Meswak [Salvadora persica] in Indian sesert are presented. Seed sowing at 0.5 cm depth during 1st week of June and July in 1:2:1 [sand: clay: FYM] soil mixture ratio was favourable for maximum seeding emergence in E. alsinoides. FYM, NPK+FYM and NPK treated seedlings showed maximum growth. In S. persica, seed sowing at 1.0 cm depth in 1:2:1 soil mixture ratio during 1st week of June was suitable for maximum seedling emergence, while treatments, with Hexameal and NOK for growth