Finger millet (test crop) yield
To determine the direct effect of vegetative barriers
on the performance of associated crop (finger millet),
yield was recorded at graded distances from the vegetative barriers. For this purpose, crop from the
first 1 m wide horizontal strip consisting of five rows
near the bund/trench, the second 1 m wide strip
consisting of the next five rows and the third 1 m
wide strip at the mid of the area between two
successive bunds, was harvested separately. Although
the length of these horizontal strips (parallel to the
vegetative barriers) of the crop was 8 m (as width of
experimental plots was 8 m), the net length of each
strip was 7 m only because crop up to 0.5 m distance
at both the ends of the strips was ignored. Crop from
different strips (1 m 9 7 m) was harvested and
threshed separately and the weight of grains was
recorded