Abstract
Brassica carinata (Ethiopian mustard) could be a potential oilseed species for the semiarid tropics but no work has been done to explore the agronomic potential of the crop. Besides that, there is very little chance for horizontal growth of the crop as land is shrinking due to population growth in South-East Asia. Thus, the traditional practice of mixed cropping has gained popularity in recent years in the form of intercropping with a suitable modification in planting pattern. The present study was conducted in Ethiopian mustard and chickpea intercropping system with moisture conservation practices (MCP) and different levels of P and S during 2008–09 and 2009–10. Effect on growth, yield and quality of the crops and moisture use, moisture extraction pattern and nutrient balance of the system was also examined. Higher growth and yield was reported in sole stand of both crops, but system yield in terms of mustard equivalent yield was more in intercropping system. MCP and P and S application also improved growth and yield of both the crops. Intercropping system helps in improving consumptive use, moisture use efficiency (MUE) and moisture extraction pattern, and when combined with MCP and proper P and S nutrition better results were obtained. Quality parameters (protein, oil content) were improved and glucosinolate content was decreased with P and S nutrition. The equivalent biomass production under intercropping and whole MUE of mixture were significantly higher than sole cropping and LER of the intercropping system was equal or more than 1 indicating that there was significant advantage of growing Ethiopian mustard and chickpea under replacement series in semiarid tropics of India. Keywords: Brassica carinata, Glucosinolate, Intercropping, LER, Protein
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Sole stands had higher growth and yield for both crops.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinata
Brassica carinatat0 - Treatment
- sole stande0
- Outcome
- growth and yielde0
- Direction
- Highere0
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Verbatim
e0“Higher growth and yield was reported in sole stand of both crops”
t0“Brassica carinata”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping increased system mustard equivalent yield.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinataBrassica carinatat0
- Treatment
- intercropping systeme0
- Outcome
- mustard equivalent yielde0
- Direction
- moree0
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Verbatim
e0“system yield in terms of mustard equivalent yield was more in intercropping system”
t0“Brassica carinata”
Claim · model-written summary
Moisture conservation improved crop growth and yield.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinataBrassica carinatat0
- Treatment
- MCPe0
- Outcome
- growth and yielde0
- Direction
- improvede0
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Verbatim
e0“MCP and P and S application also improved growth and yield of both the crops”
t0“Brassica carinata”
Claim · model-written summary
P and S application improved growth and yield.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinataBrassica carinatat0
- Treatment
- P and S applicatione0
- Outcome
- growth and yielde0
- Direction
- improvede0
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Verbatim
e0“P and S application also improved growth and yield of both the crops”
t0“Brassica carinata”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping improved consumptive use, moisture use efficiency and extraction pattern.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinataBrassica carinatat0
- Treatment
- Intercropping systeme0
- Outcome
- consumptive use, moisture use efficiency (MUE) and moisture extraction patterne0
- Direction
- improvinge0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Intercropping system helps in improving consumptive use, moisture use efficiency (MUE) and moisture extraction pattern”
t0“Brassica carinata”
Claim · model-written summary
P and S nutrition improved protein and oil content.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinataBrassica carinatat0
- Treatment
- P and S nutritione0
- Outcome
- protein, oil contente0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Quality parameters (protein, oil content) were improved and glucosinolate content was decreased with P and S nutrition”
t0“Brassica carinata”
Claim · model-written summary
P and S nutrition decreased glucosinolate content.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinataBrassica carinatat0
- Treatment
- P and S nutritione0
- Outcome
- glucosinolate contente0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“glucosinolate content was decreased with P and S nutrition”
t0“Brassica carinata”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping significantly increased equivalent biomass and mixture moisture use efficiency over sole cropping.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinataBrassica carinatat0
- Treatment
- intercroppinge0
- Outcome
- equivalent biomass productione0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- sole croppinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“equivalent biomass production under intercropping and whole MUE of mixture were significantly higher than sole cropping”
t0“Brassica carinata”
Claim · model-written summary
Land equivalent ratio was at least one in the intercropping system.
- Taxon
- Brassica carinataBrassica carinatat0
- Outcome
- LERe0
- Direction
- equal or more thane0
- Value
- 1e0
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Verbatim
e0“LER of the intercropping system was equal or more than 1”
t0“Brassica carinata”
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- positive
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