Table 1 Grain and stover yield of maize as influenced by ecological intensification in maize-chickpea system.

T₁ = Farmers’ practice (FP)

7140.8^b

6601.4^bc

5427.4^bc

6389.9^b

8696.7^b

7544.6^bc

7213.6^b

7818.4^b

T₂ = Ecological intensification (EI)

8218.5^a

7591.8^a

6869^a

7559.8^a

9596.7^a

8383.7^a

8290.8^a

8757.2^a

T₃ = EI-RTM

6911.8^b

6493.6^bc

6246.7^ab

6550.7^b

8400^b

7306.7^bc

7520.2^ab

7742.3^b

T₄ = EI-INM

6893^b

6513.8^bc

5568.1^bc

6414.1^b

4600.1^e

7388.3^bc

6784.5^b

7468.6^bcd

T₅ = EI-RPM

6753.5^b

7010.7^ab

6238.1^ab

6667.4^b

7800^bc

7939.2^ab

7303.8^ab

7681^bc

T₆ = EI-RIM

4400.4^d

6371.2^bc

5916.2^bc

5562.6^c

6493.3^d

7310^bc

7281.7^ab

7028.2^cd

T₇ = EI-IWM

4786.9^d

5537^d

5328.8^c

5217.5^c

6750^d

6840.3^c

6952.8^b

6847.7^d

T₈ = EI-IPM

5950.2^c

6031.2^cd

5440^bc

5807.1^c

7330.5^cd

7307^bc

7017^b

7218^bcd

Mean of year

6381.7

6552.3

5879.2

6271.2

7912.5

7502.4

7295.5

7570.2

LSD (p = 0.05)

798.2

742.3

756.9

571.6

862.9

752.6

871

634.7