Effect of Planting Patterns and Fertility Levels in Chickpea and Linseed Intercropping in Tarai Region of Uttarakhand
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: A field experiment was conducted during Rabi season of 2015-16 and 2016-17 at N. E. Borlaug Crop Research Centre of Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand) with an objective to find out the appropriate row ratio and nutrient management strategy for chickpea + linseed intercropping system. The experiment was conducted in Split Plot Design with three replications having four main plot treatments (Planting patterns) viz; Sole chickpea, Sole linseed, chickpea + linseed (3:1), chickpea + linseed (4:2), and four Sub plot treatments (Fertility levels) viz., 0:0:0 NPK kg/ha (F1), 20:40:20 NPK kg/ha (F2), 40:40:20 NPK kg/ha (F3), 60:40:20 NPK kg/ha (F4). The results revealed that the grain/seed, straw/stover and biological yields of both chickpea and linseed were higher in sole cropping than in intercropping combinations. However, the higher chickpea equivalent yield (System Productivity) was recorded in chickpea + linseed intercropping combinations under both the row arrangements (4:2 and 3:1) were found at par with sole chickpea and significantly higher over sole linseed.
Authors: Dharmendra Meena, Chandra Bhushan, Anil Shukla, V.K. Singh, Navneet Pareek
Language: English
Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2888361241