Vol. 7 (3) : May-June 2016 issue
Green Farming Vol. 7 (3) : 619-622 ; May-June, 2016
Yield and yield components of pigeonpea as influenced by nutrient management practices in pigeonpea and clusterbean intercropping system
MANJULA UDIKERI1*, B.G. KOPPALKAR2, B.K. DESAI3 and KESHAVAMURTHY G.M.4
Department of Agronomy, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur - 584 104 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1,4Ph.D. Scholar *(manjulau3@gmail.com), 2,3Professor
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
Paper No. : P-4000
Total Pages : 4
Received : 24 July 2015
Revised accepted : 12 April 2016
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Citation :
MANJULA UDIKERI, B.G. KOPPALKAR, B.K. DESAI and KESHAVAMURTHY G.M. 2016. Yield and yield components of pigeonpea as influenced by nutrient management practices in pigeonpea and clusterbean intercropping system. Green Farming Vol. 7 (3) : 619-622 ; May-June, 2016
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural College Farm, Raichur on medium black soil during the kharif 2012-13 to study the influence of nutrient management practices in pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] and clusterbean [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.] intercropping system. Sole pigeonpea recorded significantly higher seed yield (13.14 q ha-1), stalk yield (31.56 q ha-1), husk yield (10.00 q ha-1) and harvest index (0.240), protein content (21.72%), protein yield (2.85 q ha-1) and yield components viz., dry matter accumulation in reproductive parts of plant (35.61 g), number of pods per plant (97.70) and seed yield per plant (40.13 g) and hundred seed weight (11.27 g). Among the intercropped treatments, T4 (125 per cent RDF to pigeonpea and no fertilizer to clusterbean) recorded significantly higher seed yield (10.95 q ha-1) stalk yield (27.91 q ha-1), husk yield (8.64 q ha-1) and harvest index (0.230), protein content (21.56%), protein yield (2.36 q ha-1) and yield attributes over all other treatments (except, T9 in case of protein content and yield). However, the yield, yield components and quality parameters obtained under T3 and T5 were on par with that realised with T4 treatment.
Key words :
Cajanus cajan, Intercropping, Nutrient management practices, Pigeonpea, Yield & quality parameters.