PERFORMANCE OF GRAIN MAIZE (ZEA-MAYS) AND FORAGE CEREAL INTERCROPPINGON BLACK SOILS UNDER RAIN-FED CONDITION

Authors
CHITTAPUR BM HIREMATH SM PRABHAKAR AS
Citation
Bm. Chittapur et al., PERFORMANCE OF GRAIN MAIZE (ZEA-MAYS) AND FORAGE CEREAL INTERCROPPINGON BLACK SOILS UNDER RAIN-FED CONDITION, Indian Journal of Agronomy, 38(4), 1993, pp. 523-526
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture
Journal title
Indian Journal of Agronomy → ACNP
ISSN journal
0537197X
Volume
38
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
523 - 526
Database
ISI
SICI code
0537-197X(1993)38:4<523:POGM(A>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted during the rainy seasons of 1990 and 1991 to study the performance of maize (Zea mays L.) + forage cereal i ntercropping on black clay-loam soil under rainfed condition. Maize-gr ain yield decreased due to intercropping. The reduction in yield was o f higher magnitude with 1 : 2 proportion with forage maize intercrop. Yield components followed the similar trend. Intercrop forage yields w ere higher with 1 : 2 proportion. Net returns were higher under interc ropping of maize + pearl millet [Penrisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. emend. Stuntz].