Abstract
A field experiment was conducted during winter season of 2018-19 and 2019-20 at the Research Farm, College of Agriculture, Gwalior (M.P.) to study the effect of moisture conservation practices on Indian mustard-chickpea intercropping under rainfed conditions. The treatments comprised of four intercropping systems and four moisture conservation practices were evaluated in split plot design with three replications. The results revealed that intercropping of mustard + chickpea at1:4 and 2:4 row ratios registered maximum growth parameters, yield and yield-attributes and economics of both the crops over chickpea or mustard grown alone. LER was 1.43 to 1.44.Mustard equivalent yield was 23.05 to 24.21 q/ha over sole chickpea (21.95 q ha-1) and sole mustard (13.54 q ha-1). Weed mulching @ 5 t ha-1 resulted in higher growth, yield and yield-attributes and economics as compared to soil or paddy straw mulching.
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