Dryland Agriculture Research Sub-Station, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture and Technology, Rakh Dhiansar, Bari-Brahamana, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, 181133
A field experiment was conducted during 1993–97 at Rakh Dhiansar, Bari-Brahamana, Jammu, to study the productivity and economics of diffferent maize (Zea mays L.)-based cropping systems. Among the cropping sequences tried, the productivity and net returns were the highest in maize-wheat (Triticum aestivum L. emend. Fiori & Paol.) sequence, followed by green fodder-toria [Brassica campestris L. ssp. oleifera (metzger) sinsk. var. toria]+gobhi sarson (B. napus L. ssp. oleifera DC. var annua L.). Maize-toria-wheat and greengram-(Phaseolus radiatus L.) toria-wheat achieved the highest land-utilization efficiency. However, the production efficiency was the highest in green fodder-toria+gobhi sarson sequence, followed by maize-wheat sequence.
Maize-based crop sequences, Equivalent yield, Economics, Net returns, Production efficiency
