Effect of monsoon sowing of cotton genotypes under HDPS with soybean (6:6) - mustard in strip intercropping system

Abstract

An experiment was conducted during the year 2014-15 to 2016-17 at AICRP for Dryland Agriculture, Dr. PDKV, and Akola (MS). Results on the basis of pooled analysis showed that, sowing of monsoon cotton under HDPS with soybean in row proportion of (6:6) followed by mustard during rabi season in strip intercropping system recorded that treatment of G. arboreum cotton (AKA-7) + soybean (6:6)-mustard recorded significantly higher cotton equivalent yield (1914 kg ha-1), NMR (Rs. 49812 ha-1), B:C ratio (2.67), RWUE (3.33 kg ha-1mm-1), crop productivity and system productivity (7.81 and 5.24 kg ha-1day-1) as well as crop profitability and system profitability (Rs. 203.31 & 136.47 ha-1day-1) than rest of the treatments under study.