The performance of mungbean intercropped in sesame under different geometric arrangements was determined
o sandy-clay loam soil at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad for two consecutive years (2001-02). The
planting patterns consisted of 40 cm spaced single rows, 60 cm spaced 2-row strips and 100 cm spaced 4-row
strips while mungbean was intercropped in all the three planting patterns and also grown as a sole crop. The
results evinced that planting sesame in 100 cm spaced 4-row strips explored the possibility of intercropping in
sesame. It not only permitted convenient intercropping but also facilitated the harvesting and handling of
intercrops without doing any damage to the base crop. Intercropping sesame with mungbean in the pattern of 100
cm spaced 4-row strips appeared to be more convenient, productive and profitable than the monocropped
sesame.
Iftikhar Hussain Bhatti, Riaz Ahmad, Abdul Jabbar, Zaheer Abbas Virk , Muhammad Aslam. (2008) Agro-economic performance of mungbean intercropped in sesame under different planting patterns, , Volume-45, Issue-3.
