Section 3 (Crop Management)

Ameta and Sharma
Table 1. Growth and yield attributing characters of maize as affected by legume intercropping and N levels.
Treatments
Intercropping treatments
97-98
Plant height(cm)
Growth and yield attributes
Drymatter at 90DAS(gm/plant) Shelling %
98-99 99-2k mean 97-98 98-99 99-2k mean 97-98 98-99 99-2k mean
T1:Solemaize(60cm)–
wheat (Check)
140.89 172.47 169.46 160.94 90.04 100.74 112.76 101.18 71.10 72.49 72.34 71.98
T2:Solemaize(60cm)
with FYM @10t/ha-wheat
142.56 172.89 171.56 162.34 92.92 117.51 119.18 109.87 71.91 73.24 72.92 72.69
T3: maize+blackgram
(paired rows in 2:2 row
ratio(30/90cm)-wheat
141.56 173.93 171.00 162.16 92.19 116.66 118.47 109.10 71.71 72.93 72.76 72.47
T4: maize+soybean
(paired rows in 2:2 row
ratio(30/90cm)-wheat
142.73 173.18 171.56 162.49 92.88 116.67 118.36 109.30 71.91 73.12 72.86 72.63
T5: maize+pigeonpea- 141.04 173.47 170.78 161.76 92.94 116.07 117.42 108.81 71.88 72.69 72.43 72.33
(Alternate rows in1:1 row
ratio(30/30cm)-wheat
T6: maize+blackgram -
(Alternate rows in1:1 row
ratio (30/30cm) –wheat
142.16 173.20 170.78 162.05 91.70 114.54 115.94 107.39 71.79 72.64 72.48 72.30
CD(P=0.05)
Nitrogen levels(kg/ha.)
NS NS NS - NS NS NS - NS NS NS -
40 129.66 160.29 159.17 149.71 85.20 103.51 105.21 97.97 70.76 71.59 71.24 71.20
100 145.06 175.19 172.28 164.18 94.46 119.62 121.24 111.77 72.03 73.37 73.01 72.80
160 150.76 184.09 181.11 171.99 96.67 122.96 124.61 114.75 72.36 73.59 73.65 73.20
CD(P=0.05) 1.44 1.09 1.41 - 1.63 4.11 3.70 - 0.72 0.73 0.46 -
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