DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY

ASSAM AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, JORHAT 785 013 SYNOPSIS SEMINAR (Date: 21-10-2011, Time: 11.00 a.m.)

Title: Studies on Rapeseed-french bean intercropping system as influenced by

irrigation regimes. Presented by: Mr. Jagat bahadur debbarma Roll No. : 2011-AMJ-27 Major Advisor : Dr. J.C.Das Professor (Agronomy)

Objectives:
1. To find out the suitable/feasible inter-cropping system under availability of irrigation facilities. 2. To study the effect of irrigation regimes on the performance of inter-cropping system. Experimental details: Treatments: A. Intercropping systems: S1: Sole crop French bean. S2: Sole crop Rapeseed. S3: French bean + Rapeseed (4:1). S4: Rapeseed + French bean (4:1). B. Irrigation regimes: I1 : Rainfed condition. I2 : Irrigation at flower initiation (FI) stage. I3 : Irrigation at pod formation (PF) stage. I4 : Irrigation at FI+PF+ pod development stage. C. Treatment combination : T1: S1I1 T9: S3I1 T2: S1I2 T10: S3I2 T3: S1I3 T11: S3I3 T4: S1I4 T12: S3I4 T5 : T6 : T7 : T8 : S2I1 S2I2 S2I3 S2I4 : : : : : T13: S4I1 T14: S4I2 T15: S4I3 T16: S4I4 Split-plot design. 3 3 m x 4 m(Sub-plot) 16 TS 36 (Rapeseed)

Design Replication Plot Size Treatments Variety

Seed rate

Contender (French bean) : 5 kg/ha (Rapeseed) : 120 kg/ha (French bean)

Observations:
1) Soil physical and chemical characteristics before sowing and after harvest of crops. 2) Periodic soil moisture status at an interval of 15 days. 3) Land equivalent ratio. 4) Dry matter production at harvest of crops I,e French bean and repeseed. 5) Nutrient uptake (NPK) by the plant. 6) Growth and yield attributes of crops.

Cost of cultivation:
Sl. No. 1. Inputs/ Operations Land preparation (Ploughing, harrowing and levelling) with tractor Layout Fertilizer cost Urea @ Rs. 7/kg SSP @ Rs. 8/kg MOP @ Rs. 9/kg Fertilizer application Cost of seed Sowing of seed Intercultural operation Cost of insecticide and its application Harvesting and transportation Threshing, drying, winnowing and bagging Total Unit / quantity 1 ploughing + 2 harrowing 20 @ Rs 114 19 kg@ Rs 7 50 kg @ Rs 8 10 kg @ Rs 9 4 @ Rs114 5 kg + 120 kg 15 @ Rs. 114 10 @ Rs. 114 20 @ Rs. 114 15 @ Rs. 114 Total cost (Rs.) 1700.00

2. 3.

2280.00 133.00 400.00 90.00 456.00 3725.00 1710.00 1140.00 500.00 2,280.00 1,710.00 14,984.00

4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

a) Cost of cultivation for the experimental area b) Sampling and data recording (15 units) c) Cost of laboratory chemicals Total expenditure

= = = =

Rs 14,984.00 R. 1,710.00 Rs 4,000.00 Rs 20,694.00

LAYOUT PLAN
R1
4m 3m

1.5 m S3I1 S4I3

R2 S1I1 S3I4

R3 S1I2

S1I1

1m S1I2 S3I2 S4I2 S1I3 S3I2 S1I4

31 m

S1I3

S3I3

S3I4

S2I1

S2I4

S2I2

S1I4

S3I4

S3I2

S2I3

S4I3

S4I2

S2I1

S4I1

S2I4

S3I1

S1I1

S3I3

S2I2 S2 I3

S4I2 S4 I3

S2I2 S1 I4

S3I3 S4 I1

S1I3 S2 I1

S2I3 S4 I1

S2 I4

S4 I4

S1 I2

S4 I3

S3 I1

S4 I4

30 m

DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY
ASSAM AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, JORHAT 785 013 SYNOPSIS SEMINAR (Date: 01-10-2011, Time: 11.00 a.m.) Title: Intercropping of oilseed crops with oat fodder under rainfed condition. Presented by: Ms. Priyanka Amonge Major Advisor: Dr. J.K. Saikia Roll No. : 2011-AMJ-23 Professor ABSTRACT Land utilized for fodder cultivation in Assam is very negligible i.e. only 3,000 ha(B.N.Chatterjee and P.K. Das,1989) and production of green fodder is also limited, which is not at all sufficient for the livestocks. Therefore, our aim is to increase green fodder production per unit of land per unit time through suitable row proportion for intercropping oat fodder and oilseed crops under rainfed condition. Keeping the above mentioned objectives an experiment is to be conducted in ICR farm AAU, Jorhat on a net area of 600 sqm approximately, total no. of plots 33 and size of each plot 4m3m with 11 nos of treatments having 3 replication in Randomized block design(RBD). Different treatments that are to be followed are T1,T2 & T3 as sole crop oat, linseed and toria respectively . T4 = Oat + Linseed (1:1) , T5 = Oat + Linseed (2:1) , T6 = Oat + Linseed (2:2) , T7 = Oat + Linseed (3:1) , T8 = Oat + Toria (1:1) , T9 = Oat + Toria (2:2) , T10 = Oat + Toria (2:2) ,T11 = Oat + Toria (3:1) .Observations before and at the time of harvest such as physiochemical properties of soil and plant characteristics like plant height, plant populations, nos of leaves/ plant, dry matter content, green fodder yield, siliquae/plants, Stover yield etc., Reference: chatterjee B.N and Das P.K(1989), forage crop production,principles and practices pp 3-5

ASSAM AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, JORHAT 785 013 SYNOPSIS SEMINAR (Date : 01-10-2011, Time : 11.00 a.m.) Title : Intercropping of oilseed crops with oat fodder under rainfed condition. Presented by : Ms. Priyanka Amonge Roll No. : 2011-AMJ-23 Major Advisor : Dr. J.K. Saikia Professor

Objectives : 1. To find out the suitable row proportion for oat and oilseed. 2. To study the economics of different treatments. Layout and design : Experimental design : RBD Replication :3 Plot per replication : 11 Net area : 600 sqm. Total No. of plots : 33 Size of each plot : 4m x 3m Treatments : T1 = Oat fodder (Sole) T2 = Linseed (Sole) T3 = Toria (Sole) T4 = Oat + Linseed (1:1) T5 = Oat + Linseed (2:1) T6 = Oat + Linseed (2:2) T7 = Oat + Linseed (3:1) T8 = Oat + Toria (1:1) T9 = Oat + Toria (2:1) T10 = Oat + Toria (2:2) T11 = Oat + Toria (3:1) Observations : Soil analysis Organic carbon, pH, available N, P, K in soil before sowing of the crop. Physiochemical properties Soil texture. Plant characteristics : Oat fodder 1. Plant height (cm) [at 7 days interval] 2. Plant population / running meter 3. No. of leaves/ plant (at 7 days interval) 4. Leaf stem ratio (Dry wt. basis) 5. Dry matter content 6. Green fodder yield (q/ha)

7. Dry matter yield (%) 8. Crude protein

Toria at harvest 1. Plant height (cm) 2. Plant population/ running meter 3. Primary branches/plant 4. Siliqua/plant 5. Seeds/siliqua 6. 1000 grain weight (test wt.) 7. Seed yield (q/ha) 8. Stover yield (q/ha) Linseed at harvest 1. Plant height (cm) 2. Plant population/ running meter 3. Primary branches/ plant 4. Pods/ plant 5. 1000 grains wt. (test wt.) 6. Seed yield (q/ha) 7. Stover yield (q/ha) Biological functions LER (Land equivalent ratio) RCC (Relative Crowding Coefficient) Agressivity Competition ratio

LAYOUT PLAN

RI
4m 3 m T1

RII T3

1m

RIII T10 0.5 m

T3

T1

T9

T4

T5

T8

T6

T9

T5

T7 38 m

T2

T1

T9

T4

T3

T10

T11

T2

T2

T6

T7

T5

T8

T6

T11

T7

T4

T8

T10

T11

14 T1F1 m

DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY
ASSAM AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, JORHAT 785 013 SYNOPSIS SEMINAR (Date : 01-10-2011, Time : 11.00 a.m.) Title : Effect of integrated nutrient management (INM) on rapeseed (Brassica campestris var. toria) sown on different dates Presented by : Ms. Bijoya Yein Roll No. : 2011-AMJ-20 Major Advisor : Dr. P.C. Bora Professor (Agronomy)

Objectives : 1. To study the effect of integrated nutrient management in growth and yield of rapeseed. 2. To study the effect of sowing time on growth and yield of rapeseed. Experimental details Notations for experimental treatment Sowing time (T) : 3 (Three) Sowing time 30th October 15th November 30th November Notation T1 T2 T3

Nutrients (F) : 5 (Five) 1) 25% nutrient through organic manure 75% nutrient through chemical fertilizer 2) 50% nutrient through organic manure 50% nutrient through chemical fertilizer 3) 75% nutrient through organic manure 25% nutrient through chemical fertilizer 4) 100% nutrient through organic manure 5) 100% nutrient through chemical fertilizer

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5

Design and layout Experimental design : RBD Number of replication : 3 (Three) Number of treatments : 15 (fifteen) Net plot size : 4m x 3.6m = 14.4 m2 Total number of plots : 45 Variety : TS 36 Seed rate : 5 kg/ha Observations 1. Plant population per running meter in the rows at 15, 30, 45 DAS and harvesting. 2. Plant height (cm) at 15 days interval. 3. Number of leaves at 15 days interval.

4. Number of branches per plant. 5. Number of siliquae per plant. 6. Number of seeds per siliqua. 7. 1000 seed weight. 8. Seed yield per hectare. 9. Stover yield per hectare. 10. Seed oil content (%). 11. Available NPK before sowing and at harvest. 12. Uptake of NPK by the crop. 13. Economics.

LAYOUT PLAN

3.6 m 4m

RI T3F2 T2F1 T2F5 T1F2 T3F4 T3F3 T1F3 T3F1 T2F4 T1F5 1m T2F1 T2F5 T1F2 T1F4 T1F3

37.4 m RII T1F1 T3F5 T3F4 T2F2 T2F3 T1F5 T3F1 T3F2 T2F4 T3F3 T1F3 T1F4 T2F1 T1F5 T2F2

RIII T2F3 T1F1 T2F4 T1F2 T2F5 T3F3 T3F4 T3F1 T3F5 T3F2

T1F1 T2F3

22 m

T1F4 T3F5 T2F2

0.5 m

Gross experimental area = 822.8 m2