Vol. 10 (6) : November-December 2019 issue
Green Farming Vol. 10 (6) : 756-758 ; November-December, 2019
Effect of pearl millet based intercropping systems on growth and yield of mothbean in hyper arid conditions of Rajasthan
ARJUN LAL PRAJAPAT1* and K.K. JAIN2
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner - 334 006 (Rajasthan)
Designation : 1Assistant Professor *(prajapatasu@gmail.com), 2Professor
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
Paper No. : P-7770
Total Pages : 3
Received : 23 October 2019
Revised accepted : 11 November 2019
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Citation :
ARJUN LAL PRAJAPAT and K.K. JAIN. 2019. Effect of pearl millet based intercropping systems on growth and yield of mothbean in hyper arid conditions of Rajasthan. Green Farming Vol. 10 (6) : 756-758 ; November-December, 2019
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was undertaken to study the intercropping of important legume in pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) Br. emend Stuntz] under hyper arid conditions during the kharif season, 2014 at Agronomy Farm, College of Agriculture, Bikaner. The experiment comprising 7 treatment combinations with three replications and the experiment was laid out in Randomized block design with combination of PM+MB intercropping systems (viz., 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 2:1, 3:1, 2:2 and 3:3 row ratios) respectively. Results showed that maximum plant height of mothbean at harvest was recorded in PM+MB (1:3 row ratio) intercropping system. Maximum number of branches plant-1 at harvest was recorded in PM+MB (2:2 row ratio) as compared to rest of the treatments, which was at par with PM+MB (1:1, 1:2, 1:3) row ratio. However, pods plant-1 was obtained in PM+MB (1:3 row ratio). Further maximum seeds pod-1 of mothbean was recorded in PM+MB (1:3 row ratio). However, there was no significant influence of different intercropping systems on test weight and harvest index of mothbean. Maximum seed and straw yield were recorded with PM+MB (1:3) intercropping system. Further, highest biological yield was obtained by PM+MB (1:3) which was statistically at par with PM+MB (1:2) intercropping systems.
Key words :
Growth and yield attributes, Intercropping systems, Mothbean, Pearlmillet.