SHWETA, SATPAL AND NEELAM
Department of G&PB (Oilseed section and Forage section), Department of Agronomy
CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : malik.shweta54@gmail.com)
(Received: 12 August 2025; Accepted: 21 September 2025)
SUMMARY
Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern & Coss] is the predominant oilseed crop in semi-arid India, conventionally grown by repeated plowings during the rainy seasons to conserve soil moisture in fallow fields. To evaluate the effect of crop establishment methods on productivity, soil health and economics of mustard under sorghum-mustard, mung – mustard and fallow mustard cropping systems, a field experiment was conducted during 2018-19 at the agronomy Research farm area, CCS HAU, Hisar, India. The mean mustard seed yield increased 4.67 and 1.47 % compared to conventional tillage. The mean seed yield of kharif mung bean were also recorded higher by 29.79 and 48.46 % compared to conventional tillage. Fodder sorghum yields higher in case of conventional tillage. The interaction effect showed that TSGY was maximum in M- M system (3506 kg/ha) followed by S- M (2792 kg/ha) under bed planting which were additional yield from kharif season to farmer’s compared to zero yield in traditional Fallow-mustard system. The ridge planting in Mung-Mustard cropping system accrued maximum net return across the tillage.
Key words: Agro-ecological adaptation, sustainable agriculture, semi-arid, sorghum-mustard CS