Vol. 10, Issue 7 (2021)

Author(s):
Umesh Kumar, Dheer Agnihotri, Rishav Raj and SP Singh

Abstract:
Agroforestry is the intentional planting of agricultural crops and/or animals alongside woody perennial trees on the same plot of land. Integration of trees in an agroforestry system seeks positive interaction between trees and crops. Adoption of such system improves the microclimate and soil productivity. A field experiment entitled “Influence of intercultural techniques on growth & yield of rainfed green gram (Vigna radiate L.) Under Agri-horti system” was carried out at Agricultural Research Farm, BHU, Barkachha, Mirzapur, (U.P.). The experiment consisting of six intercultural techniques treatments was executed in Randomized Block Design having four replications on sandy loam soil during Kharif season 2019. The treatments were Control (No interculture) (T₁), Rice straw mulch (2 tonnes ha^-1) (T₂), {T₂ + Pre-mergence herbicide (Pendimethalin @ 1.0 kg ha^-1)} (T₃), Hoeing at 15 DAS (T₄), Hoeing at 30 DAS (T₅), Hand weeding @ 20 & 40 DAS (T₆).The Result revealed that the treatment T₆(two hand weeding @ 20 & 40 DAS) registered significantly supreme plant height (cm), no. of branches plant^-1, dry matter accumulation plant^-1, no. of pods plant^-1, pod length (cm), no of grains pod^-1, 1000 grain weight, higher nutrient content (%)and uptake (kg ha^-1) in grain & stover, grain yield (920.75 kg ha^-1), stover yield (1860 kg ha^-1), biological yield, and harvest index (33.08%).