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Production Potential of Cereal-Legume Forage Crop Mixture Grown in Rotation

  • Author:S. RAMAKRISHNAN, V.S. SHANMUGASUNDARAM, G.S. THANGAMUTHU and Y.B. MORACHAN

    p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:65, Issue:sep-sep

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A03114
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Abstract

                                An experiment to find out the best combination of cereat legume forage crops grown in rotation as compared to the continuous grass cultivation, revealed that sor ghum-cowpeo mixture followed by maize-cowpea successively, and maize-cowpea grown in all the three rotations were found to be more productive and economical. than guinea grass grown continuously. In one year 96.31 and 94.41 t/ha of green fodder were obtained respectively from the above two rotations, with a net return of Rs. 5,835/- and Rs. 5010/- from them.

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