Effect of maize-based cropping systems on, growth, yield attributes and yield of maize in Jamtara district of Jharkhand

The aim of this work was to study effect of maize-based cropping systems on, growth, yield attributes and yield of maize in Jamtara District of Jharkhand. The experiment was consisted of 9 treatments T1-Maize - fallow, T2-Maize - wheat, T3-Maize (Green cob) - toria - wheat, T4-Maize (Green cob) - toria - chickpea, T5-Maize - pea - Greengram, T6-Maize - linseed - Greengram, T7-Maize - lentil - Greengram, T8-Maize - chickpea - Greengram and T9-Maize - potato - Greengram with three times replications in Randomized Block Design. The following indicators were evaluated growth parameters (plant height), yield parameters (number of grain rows cob-1, number of total grains cob-1 and cob weight (g), yields (Grain, cob and stover) as well as shelling percentage and harvest index. The results show that the cropping systems influenced all the elements studied except the plant height and test weight. The superiority of inclusion of pules crops in maize-based cropping system was performed better the cereals crop. The pooled data showed highest green cob yield (10584 kg/ha), green stover yield (15040 kg/ha) was recorded in Maize (Green Cob)-Toria- Chickpea, where cob yield (7894 kg/ha), and stover yield (10840 kg/ha), shelling (37.70%), and harvest index (89.09%) was found maximum under Maize-Pea-Greengram cropping system.