Vol. 19 No. 1
Evaluation of mustard based intercropping systems under organic management in Bundelkhand region
Author(s): U. K. SINGH, B. GANGWAR AND H. SRIVASTAVA
Abstract: A field experiment entitled “Evaluation of mustard based intercropping system under organic management in Bundelkhand Region” was conducted during rabi season of 2021-22 at the Organic Research Farm of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (U.P.). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. Treatment combinations were sole crop of mustard, kabuli chickpea, field pea, fenugreek, desi chickpea, mustard + kabuli chickpea (1:2), mustard + field pea (1:2), mustard + fenugreek (1:2), mustard + desi chickpea (1:2). The results revealed that intercropping of mustard with different crops has significant effect on plant height, fresh root weight, dry root weight, fresh shoot weight, dry root weight of mustard, number of siliqua, seed yield, straw yield and biological yield. The intercropping of mustard +desi chickpea in 1:2 ratio under organic management in skip-row pattern was found to be significantly better among all the treatments in the current investigation with regard to LER and growth parameters.
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