Green Global
Foundation   Journal
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CROP PRODUCTIVITY IN SOIL AS AFFECTED BY INTERCROPPING WITH WHEAT (Pages : 22 - 25)

A field experiment was conducted during November 2009 to April 2010 on intercropping of soybean, potato and lentil with wheat crop at the Agronomy Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh to evaluate the crop productivity of different intercrop combinations compared to their respective sole cropping. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with three intercrops and four sole crops treatment combinations assigned in three replications. Crop characteristics and yield of wheat reduced in intercropping treatments as compared to sole cropping of wheat. Among the intercropping treatments, the highest grain yield was found (1.736 t ha-1 ) in wheat + lentil and the lowest grain yield (1.463 t ha-1 ) was found in wheat + soybean intercropping treatments. The seed yield of component crops reduced in intercropping treatments as compared to their sole crops. All the intercropping treatments gave higher wheat equivalent yield than their respective sole crops except potato and lentil. Download