Legume Research - An International Journal
Web of Science
  • Year: 2003
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue: 4

Effect of nitrogen levels on productmty of grain legumes intercropped with maize (Zea mays)

  • Author:
  • Y.S. Shivay, R.P. Singh
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 303 to 306

* Division of Agronomy, IARI, New Delhi - 110012.

Department of Agronomy, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263 145, India.

Online published on 29 October, 2012.

Abstract

A field experiment consisting of 4 cropping systems viz., sole maize (Zea mays (60 cm), sole maize (45/90 cm), maize + urdbean (45/90 cm) and maize + soybean (45/90 cm) and 4 levels of N (0, 40,80 and 120 kg N/ha) was conducted during rainy seasons of 1997 and 1998 to study the effect of nitrogen levels on growth, yield parameters, yield, nitrogen uptake and grain crude protein yield of intercropped grain legumes. Application of nitrogen in intercropping system had significant effect on LAI. grain yield, nitrogen uptake, crude protein yield of urdbean and soybean intercropped with maize at lower level (40 kg N/ha) of N applied.