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Research Article | Open Access | Peer Review

INTERCROPPING OF SUNFLOWER IN MILLETS UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS

Volume : 75
Issue: Jul-aug
Pages: 234 - 237
Published: September 22, 2023
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Abstract


Experiments were conducted during north east monsoon period of 1983-84 and 984-85 at Agricultural Research Station, Kovilpatti to study the effect of sunflower is intercrop on the yield of base crops of sorghum and bajra. In both the years of study, grain yield of base crops was the highest in 2:1 ratio. Intercropping of sun- flower in millets at 1: 2 ratio recorded maximum gross return and Land Equivalent Ratio (LER).

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234 - 237
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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