Performance of crop sequences on coarse-textured soil under rainfed condition


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Authors

  • RANJODH SINGH
  • H N VERMA
  • M S GILL

Abstract

An experiment was conducted during 1984-90 to study the performance of different crop sequences on coarse-textured soils of Hoshiarpur under rainfed condition. The crop sequences were greengram (Phaseolus radiatus L.). green-manure sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) and fallow during the rainy
season, and wheat (Triticum aestivum L. emend. Fiori & Paol.), wheat + gram (Cicer arietinumL.)mixture and indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czernj. & Cosson] during the winter season. In the years of normal distribution of seasonal rainfall, sunnhemp-wheat or wheat + gram gave good yield. Under adequate seeding-zone moisture and well-distributed winter rain, green-manuring with sunnhemp-wheat sequence
gave the maximulo yield. However, monetary retum of greengram-indian mustard was the maximum. Among the winter-season crops tried, indian mustard gave maximum economic return, greater stability of yield and less chance of crop failure due to severe drought.

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Author Biographies

  • RANJODH SINGH
    Director of Research, All-India Co-ordinated Research Project on Dryland Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Hoshiarpur 144 527
  • H N VERMA
    Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur 176 062, All-India Co-ordinated Research Project on Dryland Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Hoshiarpur 144 527
  • M S GILL
    Agronomist, Department of Agronomy, PAU, Ludhiana 141 004, All-India Co-ordinated Research Project on Dryland Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Hoshiarpur 144 527

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Vol. 64 No. 3 (1994)

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SINGH, R., VERMA, H. N., & GILL, M. S. (2013). Performance of crop sequences on coarse-textured soil under rainfed condition. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 64(3). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/29071