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Field Crops> Maize>
Cropping System
In the irrigated
areas many rotations of Gfops involving maize are feasible.
Crops like wheat, potato, toria, sugarcane, chick pea,
berseem, lucerne, barley and oats etc., can be grown
after harvest of maize. Some of the most important cropping
systems are given below.
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1.
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Maize-potato
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1 year
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2.
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Maize-wheat
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1 year
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3.
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Maize-toria-wheat
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1 year
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4.
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Maize-potato-wheat
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1 year
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5.
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Maize-berseem
(Egyption clover)
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1 year
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6.
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Maize-toria-sugarcane
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2 years
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7.
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Maize-wheat-sugarcane
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2 years
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8.
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Maize-wheat-cotton-berseem
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2 years
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9.
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Maize-senji-sugarcane-cotton
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2 years
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10.
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Maize-wheat-jowar-sugarcane
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3 years
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11.
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Maize-potato-sugarcane-wheat
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3 years
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Crops like soybean,
blackgram, moong, cowpea etc., are grown mixed with
maize. These legume crops are grown in the space between
two rows of maize. In Bihar mixed cropping of groundnut
with maize in quite profitable. In certain areas maize
with pigeon pea is also grown.
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