Abstract
Agriculture is a vital economic activity in India’s economy, vital to India’s economy, benefits from intercropping techniques like mustard and chickpea cultivation. This method enhances soil fertility through chickpea’s nitrogen fixation and reduces fertilizer needs. Effective crop management involves optimizing plant growth parameters, which significantly influences yield and economic returns. This experiment employed a Randomized Block Design with 8 treatments having 3 replications to evaluate intercropping strategies between mustard and chickpea. The treatments included sole crops with recommended rates of fertilizers (RDF), and various intercropping ratios and nitrogen levels: Mustard sole (T1), Chickpea sole (T2), Mustard + Chickpea (3:1) with 100 kg/ha (T3), 75 kg/ha (T4), and 50 kg/ha (T5), as well as Mustard + Chickpea (4:2) with 100 kg/ha (T6), 75 kg/ha (T7), and 50 kg/ha (T8). Exactly after 90 days of sowing, mustard plant heights ranged from a maximum of 198 cm in T6 to a minimum of 175.13 cm in T8. For chickpea, T3 achieved the highest height of 41.37 cm, while T5 had the lowest at 34.49 cm. The highest dry matter yield for mustard and chickpea was recorded in T3, showing improvements of 11.83% and 51.18%, respectively, compared to sole crops. The T6 and T3 also achieved the highest chlorophyll indices for mustard and chickpea, respectively. Yield results shows that the 3:1 ratio with 100 kg N/ha produced the highest mustard equivalent yield of 19.26 q/ha, whereas lower nitrogen levels reduced both yields and benefit-cost ratios. Overall, intercropping treatments, particularly with optimal nitrogen levels, enhanced both crop productivity and profitability compared to sole crops.
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Mustard height peaked at 198 cm in T6.
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e0“mustard plant heights ranged from a maximum of 198 cm in T6 to a minimum of 175.13 cm in T8.”
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Mustard height was lowest at 175.13 cm in T8.
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e0“mustard plant heights ranged from a maximum of 198 cm in T6 to a minimum of 175.13 cm in T8.”
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Chickpea height peaked at 41.37 cm in T3.
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e0“For chickpea, T3 achieved the highest height of 41.37 cm, while T5 had the lowest at 34.49 cm.”
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Chickpea height was lowest at 34.49 cm in T5.
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e0“For chickpea, T3 achieved the highest height of 41.37 cm, while T5 had the lowest at 34.49 cm.”
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T3 increased mustard dry matter yield by 11.83% versus sole crop.
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e0“The highest dry matter yield for mustard and chickpea was recorded in T3, showing improvements of 11.83% and 51.18%, respectively, compared to sole crops.”
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T3 increased chickpea dry matter yield by 51.18% versus sole crop.
- Taxon
- chickpea
Cicer arietinume0 - Treatment
- T3e0
- Outcome
- dry matter yielde0
- Direction
- improvementse0
- Value
- 51.18%e0
- Comparator
- sole cropse0
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e0“The highest dry matter yield for mustard and chickpea was recorded in T3, showing improvements of 11.83% and 51.18%, respectively, compared to sole crops.”
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T6 gave mustard the highest chlorophyll index.
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e0“The T6 and T3 also achieved the highest chlorophyll indices for mustard and chickpea, respectively.”
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T3 gave chickpea the highest chlorophyll index.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinume0
- Treatment
- T3e0
- Outcome
- chlorophyll indicese0
- Direction
- higheste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“The T6 and T3 also achieved the highest chlorophyll indices for mustard and chickpea, respectively.”
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The 3:1 intercrop with 100 kg N/ha gave the highest mustard-equivalent yield, 19.26 q/ha.
- Taxon
- mustarde0
- Treatment
- 3:1 ratio with 100 kg N/hae0
- Outcome
- mustard equivalent yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 19.26 q/hae0
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e0“the 3:1 ratio with 100 kg N/ha produced the highest mustard equivalent yield of 19.26 q/ha”
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Lower nitrogen reduced crop yields.
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e0“lower nitrogen levels reduced both yields and benefit-cost ratios.”
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Lower nitrogen reduced benefit-cost ratios.
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e0“lower nitrogen levels reduced both yields and benefit-cost ratios.”
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