Cropping Systems :-
Rapeseed and mustard are raised in rotation with other crops like maize, pearlmillet, cotton, pulses etc. Brown sarson and mustard (rai) are usually cultivated as pure crops in rainfed areas. In these areas, no other crop is sown during rainy season, and moisture is conserved by ploughing.
Rapeseed and mustard are raised in rotation with other crops like maize, pearlmillet, cotton, pulses etc. Brown sarson and mustard (rai) are usually cultivated as pure crops in rainfed areas. In these areas, no other crop is sown during rainy season, and moisture is conserved by ploughing.
Intercropping
Mustard+chickpea: Under rainfed conditions, chickpea intercropped-with mustard in row ratio of 4:1 in the central and western Uttar Pradesh, 3:1 in tarai region of Uttarakhand and Rajasthan and 2:1 in Haryana proves remunerative.
Mustard+potato: Potato intercropped with mustard is more remunerative than potato alone. The states where potato and mustard crops are grown simultaneously can follow this practice.
Three ridges are planted with potato, and then on every fourth ridge mustard is sown. However, the seed rate of potato (both number and quantity) is kept similar to that of pure crop. Mustard crop should receive the first irrigation after earthing of potato. The subsequent irrigations to potato should be given after closing furrows on both sides of the ridges on which mustard is planted.
Toria/mustard+autumn planted sugarcane: Autumn planted sugarcane may be intercropped with toria/mustard. The production practices are similar to that of pure crop of sugarcane, except that 1 row of toria/mustard is planted between 2 rows (60-70 cm apart) of sugarcane.
Mustard+wheat: Line sowing of wheat and mustard in 6:1 and 8:1 row ratio gives higher net returns over the traditional farmers practice of broadcast mustard in wheat.
Toria being a catch crop, maturing in 90-100 days, can easily be adjusted in the following crop rotations.
Maize-toria-barley Maize-toria-cotton
Maize-toria-sugarcane Maize-toria-wheat
Maize-toria-sugarcane-ratoon
In areas with irrigation facilities, the following crop rotations may be adopted.
Maize-sarson or rai Clusterbean (green manure)-sarson or rai
Early paddy-sarson or rai Greengram-brown or yellow sarson or rai
Mustard+chickpea: Under rainfed conditions, chickpea intercropped-with mustard in row ratio of 4:1 in the central and western Uttar Pradesh, 3:1 in tarai region of Uttarakhand and Rajasthan and 2:1 in Haryana proves remunerative.
Mustard+potato: Potato intercropped with mustard is more remunerative than potato alone. The states where potato and mustard crops are grown simultaneously can follow this practice.
Three ridges are planted with potato, and then on every fourth ridge mustard is sown. However, the seed rate of potato (both number and quantity) is kept similar to that of pure crop. Mustard crop should receive the first irrigation after earthing of potato. The subsequent irrigations to potato should be given after closing furrows on both sides of the ridges on which mustard is planted.
Toria/mustard+autumn planted sugarcane: Autumn planted sugarcane may be intercropped with toria/mustard. The production practices are similar to that of pure crop of sugarcane, except that 1 row of toria/mustard is planted between 2 rows (60-70 cm apart) of sugarcane.
Mustard+wheat: Line sowing of wheat and mustard in 6:1 and 8:1 row ratio gives higher net returns over the traditional farmers practice of broadcast mustard in wheat.
Toria being a catch crop, maturing in 90-100 days, can easily be adjusted in the following crop rotations.
Maize-toria-barley Maize-toria-cotton
Maize-toria-sugarcane Maize-toria-wheat
Maize-toria-sugarcane-ratoon
In areas with irrigation facilities, the following crop rotations may be adopted.
Maize-sarson or rai Clusterbean (green manure)-sarson or rai
Early paddy-sarson or rai Greengram-brown or yellow sarson or rai