ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted in sandy loam soil during kharif seasons of 2016 and 2017 at Biswanath College of Agriculture, Assam Agri. University, Biswanath Chariali, Assam to study the effect of moisture conservation practices in terms of land configuration and residue management on growth, yield and water use efficiency (WUE) of kharif greengram . The experiment was laid out in RBD with 4 replications comprising of six moisture conservation practices, viz., Flatbed with crop residue incorporation, Flatbed without crop residue incorporation, Broad bed furrow (BBF) 60-30 cm bed with residue incorporation, BBF 60-30 cm bed without residue incorporation, BBF 120-30 cm bed with residue incorporation and BBF 120-30 cm bed without residue incorporation. The growth, yield attributes as well as seed and stover yield of greengram with residue incorporation was significantly superior in BBF as compared to flatbed method of moisture conservation. The total water use and WUE were higher in all the moisture conservation practices of BBF method with residue incorporation practices over flatbeds with or without residue incorporation practices.