International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 5
First page : (400) Last page : (403)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5329
Evaluation of Yield Attributes and Yield on Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) and Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) Intercropping System under Arid Western Plain Zone of India
Naresh Kumar*, R. C. Bairwa, Vimal Khinchi, R. K. Meena and Rakesh Sharma
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner–334 006, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: karwasranaresh7@gmail.com
Received: 27.07.2017 | Revised: 30.08.2017 | Accepted: 6.09.2017
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted during kharif, 2015 to evaluate yield attributes and yield on pearl millet + mungbean intercropping systems in arid region of Rajasthan. The experiment comprises twelve treatments viz., Sole HHB-67, Sole RHB-177, Sole RMG-62, Sole SML-668, HHB-67+RMG-62(1:1), HHB-67+RMG-62(1:2), HHB-67+SML-668(1:1), HHB-67+SML-668(1:2), RHB-177+RMG-62(1:1), RHB-177+RMG-62(1:2), RHB-177+SML-668(1:1), RHB-177+SML-668(1:2) were laid out in randomized block design with four replications. The results showed that number of effective tillers earhead lenghth of pearl millet at harvest were recorded significantly higher in RHB-177+SML-668(1:2) row ratio. There was no significant effect of different treatments on test weight of pearl millet and mungbean. Significantly higher grain yield and harvest index of pearl millet were recorded in sole RHB-177 while in intercropping treatments RHB-177+SML-668 in row ratio 1:1 recorded higher grain yield, however, stover and biological yield were recorded highest in RHB-177+RMG-62 in row ratio 1:1. Sole mungbean SML-668 among all treatments recorded significantly higher, no. of pods plant-1, seeds pod-1 grain, straw and biological yield while in intercropping, treatments RHB-177+SML-668 in row ratio 1:2 recorded higher seed yield and harvest index of mungbean, however, straw and biological yield were recorded in HHB-67+SML-668 in row ratio 1:2.
Key words: Pearl millet, Mungbean, Intercropping, Yield
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Cite this article: Kumar, N., Bairwa, R.C., Khinchi, V., Meena, R.K. and Sharma, R., Evaluation of Yield Attributes and Yield on Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) and Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) Intercropping System under Arid Western Plain Zone of India, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(5): 400-403 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5329
