Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Vinod Kumar, RS Mehta, Rajveer, Mahendra Parsoya, Pardeep Kumar and Arvind

Abstract:
A field experiment comprising ten treatments of intercropping systems replicated four times was conducted in Randomized Block Design with during rabi season, 2016-17. Results indicated that sole coriander exhibited the higher plant height and number of branches per plant 60 DAS, 90 DAS and at harvest as compared to different intercropping system. Further, results showed that sole coriander exhibited significantly highest values of yield attributes viz., number of umbels plant^-1, number of umbellate umbel^-1, seeds umbellate^-1, 1000-seed weight, seed yield plant^-1 and seed yield ha^-1 as compared to different intercropping system. Sole French radish, sole Knolkhol and sole fenugreek resulted higher plant population, plant height at harvest, number of leaves plant^-1, diameter of curd and fresh marketable yield as compared to different intercropping systems. Intercropping of coriander with French radish in 1:1 row ratio resulted significantly higher land equivalent ratio (1.83), coriander equivalent yield (4272 kg ha^-1), gross return (Rs.341728 ha^-1), net return (Rs.283228 ha^-1) and BCR (4.84) followed by intercropping of coriander with French radish in 2:2 paired row ratio. Intercropping of coriander with fenugreek in 1:1 and 2:2 recorded significantly higher N, P, and K availability in soil after harvest of crop. Thus, it is inferred that intercropping of intercropping of coriander with French radish in 1:1 row ratio is better for realizing higher system productivity and economic returns.