Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences1028-88801812-5735Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/pjbs.2007.511.513RashidAbdur Ullah KhanRahmat KhanHimayatullah 32007103To investigate the reciprocal effect of crops grown together for
improvement of total production, an experiment was conducted at the Arid
Zone Research Institute Dera Ismail Khan. The leguminous crops of mung
and guar were grown alone and in combination with sorghum in Randomized
Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four replications. The results showed
that the physiological growth, yield components and grain yield of the
component crops were significantly affected by each other. Data on plant
height, leaf area index, grain weight, pods/plant, grains/pod and grain
yield of each specie evinced decreasing trend in mixed culture compared
to sole crops. Despite reduction in grain yield of sorghum, mung and guar
due to reciprocal effect on each other, the grain equivalent yield total
was increased in either case. The profit of 6.49 and 6.28% was achieved
with mung and guar compared to sole cropping of sorghum, respectively.
These findings suggest that the over all agricultural productivity can
be increased through mixed cropping and efficient use of land resources
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