Abstract
The field experiment was carried out during winter (rabi) season of 2021–22 on Students’ Instructional Farm of C.S. Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur to assess the performance of Indian mustard under in- tercropping systems with chickpea, linseed, lentil and pea. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block De- sign with 9 treatment combinations replicated thrice. These treatments included Sole Mustard (T1 ), Mustard: Chickpea (T2 1:1 and T3 2:1), Mustard + Lentil (T4 1:1 and T5 2:1), Mustard + Linseed (T6 1:1 and T7 2:1), and Mus- tard + Field Pea (T8 1:1 and T9 2:1). The results revealed that yield attributes and yield of mustard was significantly higher in sole Mustard and Mustard + Lentil (1:1) intercropping system. The maximum number of branches/plant (37, 38.33 at 30 and 90 DAS, respectively), siliquae/plant (380), seeds/siliqua (16), test weight (4.89 g), seed yield (2.89 t/ha), stover yield (6.80 t/ha), biological yield (9.68 t/ha), and harvest index (29.80%) were recorded in T1 (sole Mustard). Among intercropping system T4 (Mustard + Lentil, 1:1) resulted the maximum number of branches/ plant (36.75, 38 at 30 and 90 DAS, respectively), siliquae/plant (375), seeds/siliquae (16), test weight (4.84 g), seed yield (2.53 t/ha), stover yield (5.90 t/ha), biological yield (8.43 t/ha), harvest index (30.03%) and mustard equivalent yield (2.77 t/ha).
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