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Influence of Intercropping on the Yield and Food Value of Rainfed Sunflower and Companion Legumes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

S. S. Narwal  and
D. S. Malik
S. S. Narwal
Affiliation:
Agronomy Department, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004, India
D. S. Malik
Affiliation:
Agronomy Department, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004, India
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Summary

Under rainfed conditions in north west India, intercropping with soyabean, peanut, greengram and clusterbean reduced sunflower yields by 25–50%. The number of pods per plant and grain yield of the leguminous intercrops were also reduced. The maximum LER (1.05) was obtained from the sunflower–greengram mixture. Intercropping increased the protein percentage of the sunflower but decreased that of the companion legumes. It had no effect on percentage oil content of sunflower.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 395 - 401
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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