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STUDY ON MIXED CROPPING MUNGBEAN WITH SESAME AT DIFFERENT SEEDING RATES (Pages : 74 - 77)

A field experiment was conducted at PRC, Ishurdi, Pabna during Kharif-I season of 2007 to evaluate the technological feasibility and economic validity of mixed cropping mungbean with sesame by the different seeding rates. There were 7 seeding rates viz. mungbean (sole), sesame (sole), 90% mungbean seeds with 10% sesame, 80% mungbean seeds with 20% sesame, 70% mungbean seeds with 30% sesame, 60% mungbean seeds with 40% sesame, 50% mungbean seeds with 50% sesame. The seed yields of mungbean and sesame when mixed cropped under variable seeding rates were less than their sole crop yields but combined yields or equivalent yields of mungbean and sesame from mixed cropping were more than the sole crop yield of either mungbean or sesame. Significantly, the highest equivalent yield of mungbean (1476.00 kg/ha) was obtained by 70% mungbean with 30% sesame seeding ratio which was statistically identical to 90% mungbean with 10% sesame and 80% mungbean with 20% sesame but the lowest seed yield (949.00 kg/ha) was found in sole sesame. Land equivalent ratios (LER) from mixed cropping were increased by 12 to 27 over sole crop yields. The highest LER (1.27) was obtained by 70% mungbean with 30% sesame. The highest net return (Tk 31,560.00 /ha) and BCR (2.57) were found in 70% mungbean with 30% sesame and the lowest net return (Tk 16,715.00 /ha) and BCR (2.01) were found in sole sesame. Download