ECONOMICS OF MUSTARD (BRASSICA-JUNCEA)-BASED CROP SEQUENCES

Authors
SHARMA ML BHARADWAJ GS CHAUHAN YS
Citation
Ml. Sharma et al., ECONOMICS OF MUSTARD (BRASSICA-JUNCEA)-BASED CROP SEQUENCES, Indian Journal of Agronomy, 38(1), 1993, pp. 13-15
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture
Journal title
Indian Journal of Agronomy → ACNP
ISSN journal
0537197X
Volume
38
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
13 - 15
Database
ISI
SICI code
0537-197X(1993)38:1<13:EOM(CS>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted during 1989-90 and 1990-91 on the Inc eptisol soil of Gwalior, to study the economics of mustard [Brassica j uncea (L.) Czernj. & Cosson]-based crop sequences. The crop sequence o f blackgram (Phaseolus mungo L.)-mustard gave the maximum net returns of Rs 14.646/ha, followed by fodder sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moen ch]-mustard (Rs 13,627/ha) and fodder pearlmillet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. emend. Stuntz]-mustard (Rs 13,585/ba).