tailieunhanh - Studies on Intercropping in Rainfed Littlemillet (Panicum sumatrense)

Field experiment was conducted to investigate the relative performance and the effects of legume intercropping system on productivity of little millet with two different row ratios (4:1 and 6:1) during kharif seasons 2016, at the Centre of Excellence in Millets, Athiyandal, Tiruvannamalai District. Among the intercropping system, little millet +pigeonpea- horsegram (6:1) or little millet+pigeonpea-mothbean (6:1) sequence produced plant height, DMP, productive tillers / plant, thousand grain weight, grain yield, stover yield and little millet grain equivalent yield (LMGEY). Among the two intercrops studied, pigeonpea and lablab yield per hectare was comparatively higher at 4:1 ratio. Sequential crop (horsegram and mothbean) yield was also highly influenced by pigeonpea intercropping. Both horsegram (757 kg / ha) and mothbean yield (658 kg / ha) was higher in 6:1 ratio when intercropped with pigeonpea. The highest gross return (Rs. 86,379 / ha), net return (Rs. 48,209 / ha) and benefit cost ratio () were recorded by little millet intercropped with pigeonpea at 6:1 ratio with horsegram / mothbean as sequence crop. | Studies on Intercropping in Rainfed Littlemillet (Panicum sumatrense)