Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
Jitendra Kumar, AK Srivastava, Sanjeev Kumar, Gaurav Kumar Singh, Pankaj Kumar, Kamal Tiwari, Reenu Kumar and Ranvir

Abstract:
Essential oil yielding grasses like Citronella, Lemongrass and Palmarosa belongs to family Poaceae. These crops grow well in tropical and subtropical climate. The crop is extensively cultivated in the poor, marginal and waste lands and also along the bunds as live mulch. is a most important staple food crop of the world which grown ancient time in the world and known as ‘king of cereal’ belong to the family ‘Poaceae’. In India, wheat is the second most important cereal crop next only to rice and a key crop of the green revolution in post green revolution era. India stands second among wheat producing countries after China. It is the most important staple food of about two billion people (36% of the world population). Worldwide, wheat provides nearly 55% of the carbohydrates and 20% of the food calories consumed globally. It is cultivated globally on an area of (223 m ha). With the production of (737 m t) of grains annually to the world food basket, with an average productivity of 3235 kg ha-¹ it’s the most important Rabi cereal crop of India, cultivated on an area of (31mh) with the production of (98.38mt), and productivity of 3216 kg ha^-1. 85 percent area of wheat grown under irrigated condition. In Uttar Pradesh, wheat is the cultivated an area of (9.70 m h) with the production of (30.50 m t) and productivity of 3150 kg ha^-1(Anonymous, 2022). Intercrop with perennial aromatic grasses it helps to reduce the insecticide usage and gives supplementary income to farmers in terms of oil yield, perfumery & cosmetic and flavouring industries. Therefore, the present investigation was carried out on nutrient management in Citronella, Lemongrass and Palmarosa intercropping with Wheat. To study the effect of Citronella, Lemongrass and Palmarosa on growth and yield attributes of Wheat and on soil health. Observation collected during experimental trail viz., organic carbon, soil pH, EC, available Nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium and yield attributes of wheat are number of tillers (m^-2) length of ear (cm) weight of ear (g) number of spikelets/ear number of grains/ear test weight (g) biological yield (q/ha) grain yield (q/ha) straw yield (q/ha) and harvest index (%).