EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT MILLET BASED CROP SEQUENCES SUITABLE FOR NSP RIGHT CANAL AREAS

M. RATNAM¹*, G. SUBBARAO², S. VINDYA^3
1Regional Agricultural Research Station, Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University, Lam Farm, Guntur, 522 034, Andhra Pradesh, India
²Regional Agricultural Research Station, Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University, Lam Farm, Guntur, 522 034, Andhra Pradesh, India
³Regional Agricultural Research Station, Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University, Lam Farm, Guntur, 522 034, Andhra Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : mekala1968@gmail.com

Received : 01-07-2020     Accepted : 28-07-2020     Published : 30-07-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 14       Pages : 10080 - 10081
Int J Agr Sci 12.14 (2020):10080-10081

Keywords : Sequence, Preceding, Succeeding, Bengalgram, Blackgram, Greengram
Academic Editor : Dr Hemangi Mehta
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Regional Agricultural Research Station, Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University, Lam Farm, Guntur, 522 034, Andhra Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

A field experiment was conducted on clay soils of Regional Agricultural Research Station, Lam, Guntur during kharif and rabi of 2016-17, 2017-18 & 2018-19 to find out best crop sequence that is easily adaptable and economically viable for the vertisols of NSP right canal areas of Krishna zone. Among the kharif crops foxtail millet followed by pearl millet performed better with higher grain yield while finger millet recorded lower grain yield with longer crop duration (110 days). Among the rabi crops bengalgram recorded higher grain yield while both greengram and blackgram recorded very poor grain yield. As a crop sequence foxtail millet followed by bengalgram (2.6) and pearl millet followed by bengalgram (1.43) recorded higher BCR followed by finger millet-bengalgram crop sequence. All crop sequences with blackgram and greengram were recorded lower BCR due to poor yield of succeeding blackgram and greengram.

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