Vol. 9 (2) : March-April 2018 issue
Green Farming Vol. 9 (2) : 310-313 ; March-April, 2018
Fibre yield, quality parameter, light use efficiency and economics of linseed as influenced by intercropping system of safflower and linseed under rainfed condition
KARALE GANGADHAR1*, S.A. BIRADAR2, B.K. DESAI3, AJITHKUMAR K.4 and RAJANNA5
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur - 548 101 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1Ph.D. Scholar *(karale6041@gmail.com), 2Sr. Scientist & Head, 3Professor, 4Scientist, 5Scientist
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
Paper No. : P-7199
Total Pages : 4
Received : 05 March 2018
Revised accepted : 30 March 2018
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Citation :
KARALE GANGADHAR, S.A. BIRADAR, B.K. DESAI, AJITHKUMAR K. and RAJANNA. 2018. Fibre yield, quality parameter, light use efficiency and economics of linseed as influenced by intercropping system of safflower and linseed under rainfed condition. Green Farming Vol. 9 (2) : 310-313 ; March-April, 2018
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted to study the fibre yield, quality parameter and economics of linseed as influenced by intercropping system of safflower and linseed under rainfed condition during 2015-16 at the Main Agricultural Research Station, Raichur with Randomized Complete Block Design with 7 treatments replicated four times. Safflower (cv. S-144) and linseed (cv. NL-115) were intercropped in 1:1, 1:2, 2:1 and 2:2 row proportions at 30 cm rows each and both crops were grown as sole crops at their recommended row spacing (60 cm for safflower and 30 cm for linseed), along with these mixed cropping of safflower and linseed were also included. The significantly higher fibre yield was noticed in sole linseed (1175 kg ha-1) and significantly higher oil yield and oil content of linseed were recorded with their pure stands of the crops. But as when compare with different intercropping system the highest fibre yield of linseed was significantly recorded in Safflower + linseed (1:2) 30 cm rows (280 kg ha?1) and the highest oil yield of linseed was significantly recorded in safflower + linseed (1:2) 30 cm rows (82 kg ha-1). Higher gross returns (` 42,158 ha-1), net returns (` 23,212 ha-1) and B: C (2.22) were recorded in safflower + linseed in 1:2 row proportion fallowed by sole linseed (` 19,376 and 2.17, respectively).
Key words :
Intercropping system, Linseed crop, Oil content, Oil yield, Quality attributes, Rainfed condition, Safflower.