Performance of Wheat - Raya Intercropping under Rainfed Conditions of Kandi Areas of Punjab

The results of the field experiments conducted from 1990–91 to 1992–93, revealed that sowing of raya as an inter-row crop at an interval of 2.5–3.0 m is a useful tool for increasing and assuring the per unit crop productivity. The results further demonstrate the impact of extent and distribution of rainfall by testifying the superiority of intercropping of raya with wheat particularly under rainfall deficient situation and seed yield varied from 3.8 to 6.3 q/ha. While the impact of intercropping in year of good rainfall was availed only with wider spacing at 3 m interval and wheat equivalent yields were found comparable to the irrigated conditions and varied from 55.7 to 59.5 q/ha.