All India Coordinated Agronomic Research Project, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012.
Online published on 25 January, 2012.
Experiments conducted on pulses particularly on their production technology in different cropping systems at 28 Model Agronomic Centres under the All India Coordinated Agronomic Research Project during the years 1972–73 to 1973–74 have brought out some important results which are summarised below:
(a) In case of intensive crop rotations under adequate inputs, pulses occupied a predominant place during summer season. Moong was the foremost pulse crop which gave average yield 7–10 q/ha followed by cowpea and urad. During Kharif season, soybean was found to be promising in black soil and cow-pea in many agro-climatic regions with potential yields of 25–28 q/ha. During rabi season gram was included only at one centre i.e. Siruguppa in jowar-gram-bajra rotation yielding 23 q/ha.
(b) Intercropping of pulses like moong, urad, cowpea generally proved advantageous in short duration arhar, maize, cotton and sugarcane at almost all the centres. In short duration arhar, cereal crops like jowar, bajra, and maize as intercrops depressed the yields of main crop significantly indicating their incompatibility.
(c) Experiments carried out to study the effect of tight supplies of inputs like fertilizer and irrigation on moong in bajra-wheat-moong rotation at Jagudad and Bichpuri indicated that fertilizer could be reduced to 50% of the recommended dose for moong.
