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Productivity of pigeonpea-wheat cropping systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

K. A. Singh  and
Mahendra Pal
K. A. Singh
Affiliation:
Division of Agronomy, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India
Mahendra Pal
Affiliation:
Division of Agronomy, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India
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Summary

Studies on productivity of pigeonpea-wheat cropping systems at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi during 1984–6 revealed that wheat following summer pigeonpea and given 120 kg N/ha produced 4–93, as compared with 451 t grain/ha when it succeeded kharif pigeonpea. Intercropping of preceding pigeonpea with dhaincha for green manure, fodder cowpea and greengram (grain) gave higher yields of 4·35, 397 and 3·68 t/ha respectively than the wheat following pigeonpea alone (3·20 t/ha). Similar effects on wheat straw were also recorded. Summer-sown pigeonpea produced 2·38 t grain/ha without any adverse effect of intercrops. However, kharif pigeonpea produced grain yield half of that obtained in the summer-sown crop. Further, the reductions in grain yield of kharif pigeonpea due to dhaincha, cowpea and greengram were 0·60, 0·52 and 030 t/ha, respectively. Summer pigeonpea + dhaincha-wheat and summer pigeonpea+greengram-wheat proved their superiority over other cropping systems.

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Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 110 , Issue 3 , June 1988 , pp. 645 - 650
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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