Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
KR Ganvit, BB Ramani, Dr. SG Savalia and JR Joshi

Abstract:
A field experiment entitled “Production potential and economics of summer sesame based intercropping system” was carried out under medium black calcareous and slightly alkaline soil during summer seasons of 2021 and 2022 at the Instructional Farm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh. The experiment consisting 10 treatments viz., Sesame sole, Fodder sorghum sole, Fodder pearlmillet sole, Sweet corn sole, Sesame + Fodder sorghum (3:1), Sesame + Fodder sorghum (6:1), Sesame + Fodder pearlmillet (3:1), Sesame + Fodder pearlmillet (6:1), Sesame + Sweet corn (3:1) and Sesame + Sweet corn (6:1) were evaluated in randomized block design with three replications. The productivity of these intercropping systems in terms of sesame equivalent yield was significantly higher (5386 kg/ha) under sole sweet corn and under different intercropping systems intercropping of sesame + sweet corn (3:1) was recorded higher. The biological efficiency of the sesame based intercropping system in terms of LER (1.23), LEC (0.37) and ATER (1.22) were also recorded high under sesame + sweet corn (3:1).