Introduction to Major Field Crops

Cropping System

In traditional wheat belt of northern India, farmers practice rice-wheat, rice - wheat-green gram, maize-wheat, maize - wheat-green gram, maize - potato - wheat-green gram, cotton-wheat, pigeon pea-wheat, pearl millet-wheat cropping system. In non-traditional wheat belt, rice - rice-wheat, jute - rice-wheat, rice - wheat-maize are followed.

Wheat can also be inter-cropped with a number of crops like mustard, chick pea, lentil, safflower and linseed.