Agriculture
Blackgram :: Systems of Cultivation :: Intercropping
 
Intercropping
  • Blackgram is intercropped with maize, cumbu, sorghum, redgram, cotton, castor and sugarcane.
Cropping system Row ratio
Maize + Blackgram 1:2
Sorghum + Blackgram 1:1
Cumbu + Blackgram 1:1
Redgram + Blackgram 1:3
Cotton + Blackgram 1:1
Castor + Blackgram 1:2
Sugarcane + Blackgram 1:1
  • The seed rate of 10 kg /ha is recommended for intercropping system.
  • Seed treatment with biofertilizer viz., Rhizobium, and Phosphobacteria, (600 gm each) using rice gruel is recommended.
Weed management for intercropping situation
  • When Blackgram to be raised as an intercrop in maize, sorghum, cumbu, sugarcane do not use Atrazine and 2,4, D as Pre and Post emergence herbicides.
  • Apply Pendimethalin at 1 lit /ha as pre emergence herbicide on 3 days after sowing.