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Effect of Tillage Options on Productivity, Profitability and Quality of Forage Crops under Food-Fodder Based Cropping System in Mollisols

Dept. of Agronomy, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand 263145, India. , Mahendra Singh Pal* , Y.P. Joshi**

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Indian Journal of Plant and Soil 4(2):p 43-45, Jul-Dec 2017. | DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijps.2348.9677.4217.2

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Field experiment was conducted during 2009-10 at Instructional Dairy Farm, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar to study the effect of tillage options on growth, forage yield and forage quality of berseem. The experimental site was silty loam in texture with 0.84% organic carbon and neutral in soil reaction (soil pH 7.1). The available N, P205 and K20 was 365, 36, 145 and kg/ha, respectively. The experiment consisted of 8 tillage options i.e. T1, Conventional tillage with 3 cultivation (one disc harrow+2 cultivator), T2, 2 Cultivation (1 disc harrow+1 cultivator), T3, 2 cultivation with Rotavator, T4, 1 cultivation with disc harrow, T5, 1 cultivation with Rotavator, T6, Broadcast seed before T3, T7, Broadcast Seed before T5, and T8, Zero tillage. The existing cropping system of the region i.e. ‘Sorghum- Wheat-Maize+Cowpea’ was grown with all recommended agro-techniques of all crops of the system. The conventional tillage gave highest green fodder yield equivalents, dry fodder yield, crude protein, net profit as well as B:C ratio followed by reduced tillage with broadcasting of seed before 2 cultivation with rotavator with respect of net profit and B:C ratio. Therefore conventional tillage or two pass of rotavator may be recommended for higher productivity, profitability and quality fodder production in Molliusols.

 

Keywords Crude Protein; Net Return; Productivity; Profitability; Tillage Options. 

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