Comparative performance of intercropping of pulses and oilseeds with rainfed wheat (Triticum aestivum) inBangladesh
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https://doi.org/10.59797/ija.v44i3.3544Keywords:
Intercroppring, Wheat, Grasspea, Yellow sarsonAbstract
A field experiment was conducted at Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on alluvial soils during winter seasons of 1995-98 to evaluate the economically and biologically sustainable intercrop association of wheat [Triticum aestivum (L.) emend. Fiori & Paol.], with yellow sarson (Brassica campestris L.) and local grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.), grown for fodder and grain under rainfed condition. Intercropping of grasspea either for grain or fodder and yellow sarson with wheat was found biologically sustainable over sole wheat. Between the intercrop the association of wheat with grasspea was more beneficial than mustard. Association of wheat with grasspea (G) under either 3:l or 1 :1 and grasspea (F) under 3 : 1 row ratio was found more sustainable asthese were accounted for better value in cespect of biological parameters and were economically more remunerative. Three crop combination in alternate rows (1:l:l) failed to overcome double crops but more feasible agronomically over sole stand.References
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