UMMAISA REHMAN, WASEEM RAJA AND MOOMIN HAMID
Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir,
Wadura, Sopore-193 201, India
*(e-mail: ummaisarehman93@gmail.com)
(Received: 7 June 2026; Accepted: 29 June 2026)
SUMMARY
The study was carried out during kharif season of 2018 at Faculty of Agriculture Wadura, SKUAST- Kashmir to evaluate the cropping system, nutrient content and uptake as influenced by different legume combination with sorghum. The experiment consisting of 10 treatments laid out in randomized completely block design with three replications. The soil of the experimental plot was sandy loam in texture, with low available nitrogen (175.2 kg/ha), medium in available phosphorus and potassium (11.2 kg/ha and 220.0 kg/ha) respectively, high in organic carbon (1.49%) and neutral pH (7.06). The result revealed that sorghum + soybean (2:1) intercropping system recorded the maximum relative yield total of 0.92 and relative crowding coefficient of 0.71 than rest of the cropping systems. Sole soybean recorded the highest nitrogen and potassium content (2.98%) which was at par with sole cowpea and sole sorghum recorded the highest phosphorus content (0.5%) while the maximum nitrogen uptake was observed in sorghum + soybean (2:1) and phosphorus and potassium uptake was observed highest in sole sorghum. Therefore, considering higher cropping system indices and N, P, K content and uptake, the sorghum + soybean (2:1) was superior than other legume combination with sorghum.
Key words: Forage, Nutrient content, Nutrient uptake, Relative crowding coefficient, Relative yield