Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab-141 004
*Corresponding author's email: sohanwalia72@yahoo.co.in
#Authors are heartily grateful to ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana for providing the financial support, guidance, research area, and technical facilities for conducting this research.
This study aims to evaluate the effect of twelve crop sequences on productivity, profitability and water use efficiency. The results elucidated maximum rice equivalent yield for the cropping system of maize (furrow) + turmeric (bed)-wheat (bed) + linseed (furrow) (282.6 q/ha) which was followed by maize (furrow) + turmeric (bed)-barley (bed) + linseed (furrow) (264.4 q/ha), and basmati rice-radish-spring maize (237.4 q/ha) cropping systems. These cropping systems produced an additional rice equivalent yield of 107 to 152 q/ha and saved 10 to 165 cm irrigation water over the rice-wheat system. Maize (furrow) + turmeric (bed)-wheat (bed) + linseed (furrow) gave highest production efficiency (77.41 kg/day/ha), net returns (2, 89, 483/ha) and proved to be a viable option to avail higher profitability for farmers in Punjab.
Cropping systems, productivity, profitability, water use efficiency
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