By not seeding in the tractor tracks, border effect compensate for the missing rows, saves costly seeds and it does not in any way reduce crop yields. The tyre tracks can subsequently serve as irrigation -cum-drainage channels and also as operation galleries for mechanical intercultural operations, chemical sprays and soil application of fertilizer nutrients in the standing crop. Border effect (more light and space) is more prominent in the raised bed planting system where after every two rows, one seed row is missed.