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ASSESSMENT OF WHEAT YIELD POTENTIAL AFTER CROPPING MUNGBEAN (VIGNA RADIATA (L.) WILCZEK)

ADIL KHAN KAYANI¹, SAEED QURESHI¹, WAQAS KHAN KAYANI², RAHMATULLAH QURESHI^2*, ABDUL WAHEED², M. ARSHAD², MUHAMMAD GULFRAZ³ AND M.K. LAGHARI⁴

Abstract: The present work was aimed to investigate the impact of legume on the oncoming wheat crop. Mungbean (NM92) was planted during Kharif 2007. The wheat variety Inqalab-91 was sown before and after the mungbean plantation during Rabi 2006-07 and 2007-08. Twelve different treatments were applied having different doses of N and P but Farm Yard Manure (FYM) remained constant. Six parameters were selected to investigate the potential effects of the legume viz., soil physico-chemical properties, plant height, spike length, number of grains/spike, 1000 grains weight and yield/plot. The results showed significant increase in plant height, spike length, number of grains/spike, 1000 grains weight and yield/plot after cropping mungbean. The yield was obtained at an increase of 26.90% after mungbean application. Based on results, cereal legume crop rotation is highly recommended.

¹Soil and Water Testing Laboratory Kotli, Department of Agriculture Services Directorate of Research, AJK, Pakistan

²Department of Botany, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University,  Rawalpindi, Pakistan

³Department of Biochemistry, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University,  Rawalpindi, Pakistan

⁴Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Shakar Parian, Islamabad, Pakistan.