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Gupta et al. Table 1. Area (000’ ha) under maize based cropping systems in Indian Indo-Gangetic Plain states (Yadav and Rao, 2001). Cropping system Area (000’ ha) Uttar Pradesh Punjab Haryana Bihar Total area Maize-wheat 149.6 453.6 20.9 106 730.1 Maize-mustard 155.8 - - - 155.8 Maize-toria-wheat 130.8 - - - 130.8 Maize-potato-wheat 91.8 37 - - 128.8 Maize-maize 54 - - 61 115 Maize-barley 20 - - - 20 Maize-sugarcane - - - 15 15 Maize-gram 7.1 - - - 7.1 Maize-mustard-wheat 7 - - - 7 Maize-lentil 4.5 - - - 4.5 Maize-potato-sunflower - 2.8 - - 2.8 Total area (000’ ha) 620.6 493.4 20.9 182 1316.9 Table 2. Net returns (USD) from various cropping systems tested in farmer participatory research in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (Kumar, 2003). System tested Yields (tha -1 ) System profit Crop 1 Crop 2 Crop 3 Crop 4 Crop 1 Crop 2 Crop 3 Crop 4 ($/yr) Rice Potato Maize - 3.8 23.2 7.3 - 1161 Rice Potato Wheat - 3.9 21.7 3.6 - 1281 Rice Potato Onion - 4.7 22.0 17.3 - 815 Rice Wheat Moong - 4.6 4.4 7.0 - 570 Rice Wheat Urd - 4.4 4.0 5.0 - 447 Rice Potato Onion Maize* 4.0 16.0 12.8 13.5 2685 Rice Wheat - - 4.2 4.0 - - 366 *, harvested for green cobs. Table 3. Advantage of growing maize on raised beds (Khan, 2003). Grain yield (tha -1 Crop establishment technique ) Wheat Maize Raised bed 2.90 a 9.84 a Flat bed 2.21 b 8.81 b In a column and row, means followed by a common letter did not differ significantly at 5% level. - 212 -
Maize in the rice-wheat rotation Table 4. Water saved by raised bed irrigation system over the flat bed irrigation system of rabi crops under different tillage practices at Chuadanga, 2001-2002 (Khan, 2003). Crops Water applied in flat bed Water applied in raised % water saved over flat bed (mm) bed (mm) system Rabi maize 728 596 18 Wheat 447 367 18 Potato 364 299 18 Grain Yield, Mgha -1 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Ist Oct 15-Oct 1-Nov 15-Nov 1-Dec 15-Dec 1-Jan 15-Jan Date of sowing Figure 1. Grain yield (tha -1 ) trend of winter maize with various planting dates in eastern Gangetic Plains (Prodan, 2001). - 213 -
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