Azadirachta Indica (Neem)
Location | Area | Project | Design | Operational Plan | Activity in progress |
Forest Campus | 0.15 | Pilot trial established prior to establishment of IPT plot | 14 provenances represented by 7 plants in a row | Weeding | Growth measurement like height, DBH, flowering, fruiting, germination percentage, oil content are recorded |
Panampally | 2 ha | International Neem Network | Randomized block design - 18 provenances, 100 plants each, 4 replications | Weeding once in six months | Growth measurements recoded. |
Maniachy village, Tirunelveli | 4 ha | NOVOD sponsored - Integrated Developemnt of Neem in Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Karnataka | Randomized Block Design | Weeding once in six months | Assessment of growth every year |
Karunya (Coimbatore) | 2 ha | ICFRE | Randomized Block Design | Clonal Seed Orchard | |
IFGTB Campus | 0.3 ha | Novod | Row | VMG | Multiply |
Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore | 55 Acres | NOVOD | Randomized Block Design | Establishment of Provenance Trial of Neem | Watering of plants, Ploughing, Weeding, |
Periya Thadagam Village, Coimbatore | 2 ha | NOVOD | Block planting of Neem at 3m X 3m spacing | Establishment of a model site for raising sinmilar Neem plantations in unprotected and rainfed areas. | Watering of plants, Ploughing, Weeding, |
Udumelpet | 2 ha | NOVOD | Block planting of Neem at 3m X 3m and 5m X 5m spacing | Establishment of a model site for raising sinmilar Neem plantations in protected black cotton areas having irrigation facilites. | Watering of plants, Ploughing, Weeding, |
Mettupalayam, Coimbatore | 2 ha | NOVOD | Block planting of Neem at 4m X 4m spacing | Establishment of a model site for raising sinmilar Neem plantations in scrub jungle like areas, unprotected and rainfed | Watering of plants, Ploughing, Weeding, |
Chidamabaranar | 3.5 ha | NOVOD | Block planting of Neem at 4m X 4m spacing | Establishment of a model site for raising sinmilar Neem plantations in drought prone areas of Tamilnadu | Watering of plants, Ploughing, Weeding, |