Nitrogen requirement of fingermillet (Eleusine coracana)+ pulse intercropping system
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.59797/ija.v44i1.3461Keywords:
Fingermillet + pulse intercropping, N, LER, EconomicsAbstract
A field experiment was conducted during rainy (kharif) season of 1995 and 1996 under rainfed conditions to study N requirement of fingermillet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.] + pulse intercropping system. Three levels of N (50, 75 and 100% of recommended,dose) were tested in fingermillet intercropped with each of soybean [Glycine max (L.) .) Marechal] and French Merr.], rice bean [Vigna aconitifolia (Jacq bean or rajma (Phaseolus radiatus L.). The highesttotal grain yield (28.64 qlha) was obtained under finger millet + soybean with 75% application. The land-equivalent ratio (1.31), fingermillet-equivalent yield (33.71 qlha), net return (Rs 6,892lha) and benefit : cost ratio (2.12) were also recorded higher in the same treatment.References
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fingernillet with soybean under rainfed conditions of ' . . U.P.hills. Mi11et.s New.r Letter 7 :40. Singh, R.V. and Arya, M.P.S. 1995. Nitrogen reguirement
of barnyard-millet (Echinochloa frumentacea) +
pulse int~rcropping system. Indian Journal of
Agronomy 40 (2) :172-1 75. Thaware,B.L, Birari, S.P. and Majgonkar. S.V. 1989. Stud- ies on fodder legume intercrops in Kharif ragi. An- ~ ~na1.s ofAgriculturalResearch 10(4) :426428.
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