Green Global
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EFFICIENCY OF WHEAT-LENTIL AND WHEAT-CHICKPEA INTERCROPPING SYSTEMS AT DIFFERENT PLANTING CONFIGURATIONS (Pages : 25 - 33)

This intercropping experiment was planned under the concept of cereal-legume intercropping system to find out the efficiency of wheat-lentil and wheat-chickpea intercropping systems at different planting configurations. During the experiment the data on yield parameters of the component crops were recorded under sole cropping and intercropped conditions. Finally intercropping efficiencies were calculated out from the recorded data. Grain yield in wheat, lentil and chickpea were higher in sole crops. But corresponding equivalent yields were higher than those in sole crops. Intercropping efficiencies varied significantly with the variation in crop combination and planting configurations. The intercropping efficiency LER, SLER, AYL and IA were recorded the highest 1.46, 1.69, 0.81 and 2.41, respectively in wheat-chickpea intercropping at 2:2 row ratios. Wheat was appeared as more competitive than lentil and chickpea, irrespective of the planting configurations. In the sole cropping system the BCR was the highest (2.26) for lentil. Under intercropping system the highest BCR (2.07) was recorded in wheat- lentil intercropping at 1:1 row ratio. Download