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Moisture conservation and nutrient management practices in Ethiopian mustard + chickpea intercropping system under dryland conditions

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Title Moisture conservation and nutrient management practices in Ethiopian mustard + chickpea intercropping system under dryland conditions
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Creator Banwari Lal
 
Contributor Banwari Lal
 
Subject Intercropping, Ethiopian mustard, Chickpea, P, S, Glucosinolate, Nutrient uptake, Moisture-use efficiency.
 
Description T-8714
A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of cropping systems, moisture conservation practices, P and S fertilization on nutrient uptake and water-use efficiency of Ethiopian mustard and chickpea intercropping system under dryland conditions on a sandy loam soil at the research farm of Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, during 2008-09 and 2009-10. The treatments comprised of 3 cropping systems (Ethiopian mustard sole, chickpea sole and Ethiopian mustard + Chickpea (1:4) and 2 moisture conservation practices including (control and FYM@ 5t/ha + organic mulch + kaolin 6% spray) as main plots and 5 fertility levels (control, 30 kg P2O5/ha, 30 kg P2O5/ha + 15 kg S/ha, 60 kg P2O5/ha and 60 kg P2O5 + 30 kg S /ha ) as sub-plots replicated thrice in a split-plot design. Both sole cropping of Ethiopian mustard and chickpea significantly increased the P and S uptake than intercropping of Ethiopian mustard + Chickpea. However, intercropping of Ethiopian mustard + Chickpea significantly increased the total system uptake of P and S and nutrient use efficiency as well as moisture-use efficiency than both sole cropping systems. Both, either of sole or intercrop did not affect the protein, N, P,K and S content in seed and stover/stalk of Ethiopian mustard and chickpea. The results further showed the significant improvement in N, P, K and S uptake and also increment in the nutrient use efficiency and moisture-use efficiency due to moisture conservation practices over the control in limited moisture conditions. Among fertility levels, application of 60 Kg P2O5 ha-1 + 30 Kg S ha-1followed by 60 Kg P2O5ha-1resulted better performance of crops over other treatmentsIntercropping, Ethiopian mustard, Chickpea, P, S, Glucosinolate, Nutrient uptake, Moisture-use efficiency.
 
Date 2016-09-06T16:34:03Z
2016-09-06T16:34:03Z
2012
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/75733
 
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Publisher IARI, DIVISION OF AGRONOMY