Abstract
Tropical Agricultural Research and Extension is a peer-reviewed international scientific journal covering a wide range of subject areas in tropical and subtropical agriculture published quarterly by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. The journal is also available on the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna website https://www.agri.ruh.ac.lk/tare/index.htm .
Highlights
Sandalwood (Santalum album) is a semi root parasitic tree of the family Santalaceae
Reports that sandalwood seedlings parasitized with C. retusa performed well at the nursery and promoted good early growth of sandalwood seedlings over host plants such as Alternanthera nana, Sesbania formosa, Atalaya hemiglauca, Acacia hemignosta, Crotalaria retusa
Seedlings grown with M. pudica (T4) had the greatest sturdiness quotient (SQ) of 5.18 (P ≤ 0.05), and those grown with D. triflorum (T8) had the lowest SQ of 2.99 (P ≤ 0.05) (Fig.1)
Summary
Sandalwood (Santalum album) is a semi root parasitic tree of the family Santalaceae. Commercial-scale cultivation of sandalwood has become popular in Sri Lanka since 2010 with silvicultural studies in different climatic zones (Subasinghe et al 2012). The selection of suitable host plants is the single most important silvicultural parameter for sandalwood nurseries since there is a great potential to grow sandalwood trees in forests, home gardens and in other agroforestry systems. Numerous studies have been carried out on the relationship between sandalwood and different host species. There are numerous plants which have not been accounted for to be haustorised by sandalwood In view of these facts, this experiment was designed to select the most promising of six leguminous and two non-leguminous primary host species for the growth and development of sandalwood seedlings at the nursery stage
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