Claim · model-written summary
Sole pigeonpea yielded 1.42 t/ha, significantly higher than intercropping.
- Taxon
- pigeonpea
Cajanus cajane0 - Treatment
- sole maize and pigeonpeae0
- Outcome
- grain/seed yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 1.42 t/hae0
- Comparator
- intercropping systemse0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“sole maize and pigeonpea gave significantly higher grain/seed yield (7.48 and 1.42 t/ha respectively) than the intercropping systems.”
t0“Performance of maize and pigeonpea under different sowing dates and cropping systems”
Title
Performance of maize and pigeonpea under different sowing dates and cropping systems
P. THIMME GOWDA; S.I. HALIKATTI Indian Journal of Agronomy 2022. doi:10.59797/ija.v67i1.82
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Maize sown in the first fortnight of June yielded 7.06 t/ha, significantly higher than later dates except the second fortnight of June.
- Intervention effect Pigeonpea sown in the first fortnight of June yielded 1.15 t/ha, significantly higher than later dates except the second fortnight of June.
- Intervention effect Sole maize yielded 7.48 t/ha, significantly higher than intercropping.
- Intervention effect A 4:2 maize–pigeonpea intercrop gave 9.04 t/ha maize grain-equivalent yield, higher than 2:2 at 8.48 t/ha.
- Intervention effect The 2:2 row system had higher net returns of 56,787/ha.
- Intervention effect The 2:2 row system had a higher benefit:cost ratio of 3.17.
- Intervention effect A 4:2 intercrop sown in early June had significantly higher maize-equivalent yield of 10.23 t/ha.
- Intervention effect A 4:2 intercrop sown in early June had higher net returns of 66,665/ha.
- Intervention effect A 4:2 intercrop sown in early June had a higher benefit:cost ratio of 3.16.