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PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY OF THE TRANSGENIC COTTON–WHEAT PRODUCTION SYSTEM THROUGH PEANUT INTERCROPPING AND FYM ADDITION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2013

RAMAN JEET SINGH ,
I. P. S. AHLAWAT  and
KULDEEP KUMAR
RAMAN JEET SINGH*
Affiliation:
Division of Agronomy, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi 110 012, India
I. P. S. AHLAWAT
Affiliation:
Division of Agronomy, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi 110 012, India
KULDEEP KUMAR
Affiliation:
Division of Agronomy, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi 110 012, India
*
†Corresponding author. Email: rdxsingh@gmail.com; Present address: Scientist, CSWCRTI, Dehradun 248 195, Uttarakhand, India.
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Summary

The cotton–wheat production system (CWPS) occupies an important place in the agricultural economy of several South Asian countries. The instability of the CWPS has increased particularly during the post-transgenic hybrids phase mainly because of these hybrids calling for intensive crop management being cultivated under all situations, especially in resource-poor conditions leading to violent fluctuations during adverse years and thereby affecting the socio-economic status of these developing countries. A study was conducted to evaluate and quantify the effect of the two-tier intercropping of cotton and peanut with the substitution of a 25–50% recommended dose of nitrogen (RDN) of cotton by farmyard manure (FYM) on productivity, profitability and nitrogen economy in the CWPS at New Delhi during 2006–08. To quantify the residual effects of previous crops and their fertility levels, a succeeding crop of wheat was grown with varying rates of nitrogen, viz. 0, 50, 100 and 150 kg ha−1. Wheat equivalent productivity was significantly more with the inclusion of peanut in the CWPS (21–26%) with a high net return (US$288) than a pure stand of cotton in the CWPS. The substitution of 25% RDN of cotton by FYM being on par with no substitution recorded a higher wheat equivalent yield, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium uptake, net return and nitrogen use efficiencies. Nitrogen economy in wheat was 22 kg ha−1 due to inclusion of peanut in the CWPS and 13 kg ha−1 due to substitution of the 25% RDN of cotton by FYM. The study suggested that for the success of the CWPS in South Asian countries, escalating prices of N fertilizers with environmental issues and the instability of transgenic hybrids can be overcome by using wider rows of cotton by peanut intercrop with the integrated use of both organic and inorganic sources of nitrogen.

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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , July 2013 , pp. 321 - 335
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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