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Effect of Intercropping on Yield Attributes of Chickpea and Safflower Under Different Soil Moisture Regimes and Population Densities
Author(s) -
Malvi G. C.,
Saraf C. S.,
Pandey S. L.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of agronomy and crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.095
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-037X
pISSN - 0931-2250
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-037x.1988.tb00322.x
Subject(s) - intercropping , agronomy , crop , irrigation , yield (engineering) , population , biology , cropping , mathematics , crop yield , agriculture , medicine , ecology , materials science , environmental health , metallurgy
An experiment with eight cropping systems (pure and intercropping) with three levels of irrigations I 0 , I 1 and I 2 based on the physiological growth stages of safflower and chickpea was conducted during the rabi (winter) season of 1983—84 and 1984—85. The eight cropping systems were CS 1 — sole chickpea, CS 2 — sole safflower, CS 3 — paired rows of chickpea, CS 4 — paired rows of safflower, CS 5 — chickpea + 50% safflower, CS 6 — safflower + 50% chickpea, CS 7 — chickpea + 75% safflower and CS 8 — safflower + 75% chickpea. Sole crop of chickpea always had higher yield component than inter‐cropping. However, none of the yield components in safflower was influenced by intercropping except number and weight of capsules per plant in 1983—84 only. With regard to levels of irrigation chickpea and safflower responded to two irrigations.