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Greengram :: Systems of Cultivation :: Intercropping |
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Intercropping
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- Greengram is intercropped with maize, cumbu, sorghum, redgram, cotton, castor and sugarcane.
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| Cropping system |
Row ratio |
| Maize + Greengram |
1:2 |
| Sorghum + Greengram |
1:1 |
| Cumbu + Greengram |
1:1 |
| Redgram + Greengram |
1:3 |
| Cotton + Greengram |
1:1 |
| Castor + Greengram |
1:2 |
| Sugarcane + Greengram |
1:1 |
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- The seed rate of 10 kg /ha is recommended for intercropping system.
- Seed treatment with biofertilizer viz., Rhizobium, and Phosphobacteria, (600 gm each) using rice gruel is recommended.
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Weed management for intercropping situation
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- When greengram to be raised as an intercrop in maize, sorghum, cumbu, sugarcane do not use Atrazine and 2,4, D as Pre and Post emergence herbicides.
- Apply Pendimethalin at 1 lit /ha as pre emergence herbicide on 3 days after sowing.
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