J. Bhattacharya, M. K. Mondal, E. Humphreys, M. H. Rashid, P. L. C. Paul and S. P. Ritu
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Local Rice Varity(2-3 t/ha)
Mungbean/Grass Pea (0.5-1.0 t/ha
Traditional Cropping System (Farmers’ Practice)
Objectives
➢ feasibility of Rice-Rice-Rabi system
➢ can we fit 3 high yielding crops together?
➢ optimum sowing date for maximum
system productivity?
Proposed cropping pattern
Weed ManagementHand weeding – plots kept weed free
Disease and Insect Management
Recommended practice when needed
BRRI & BARI , 2011
Rice- ¼ N + all fertilizers- Basal, MT, 5-7 dB PIMaize- 1/3 N + all fertilizer- Basal, 25-30, 45-50 DASSunflower- 1/3 N + all fertilizer-Basal, 20-25, 40-45 DAS
Water Management
Crop monitoring
Rice Maize Sunflower
Phenology & Biomass
Mid tilleringPanicle initiation
(PI)Flowering
Physiological maturity (PM)
8-9 L, tasselling-silking, mid-grain
filling, PM
8-9 L, heading, seed
development, PM
Yield and yield contributing character
Panicles/m2
Sterility %1000 GW
Cobs/plant, cob length, ear/cob,
1000 EW
Head diameter, seed setting percentage, seeds/head,
1000 SWGrain yield Grain yield Cob yield Seed yield
Results
❑ Duration of crops in fieldSunflower- 305 d Maize 321 dAus-aman-rabi is FEASIBLE where
- able to drain & thus grow HYV aman- fresh water for irrigation of rabi crops
A M J J A S O N D J F M A
Sunflower/Maize
System production 14.1 to 19.5 t/ha/yr (3-4 times than farmers’
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