Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

A field experiment was conducted at College Farm, N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari during the summer season of the year 2021 and 2022. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with Factorial concept and replicated three times. Fourteen treatment combinations comprising of seven intercropping treatments of sesame viz., I₁ - sole sesame, I₂ - sole cowpea, I₃ - sole green gram, I₄ - sesame + cowpea (paired 2:1), I₅ - sesame + green gram (paired 2:1), I₆ - sesame + cowpea (paired 3:2) and I₇ - sesame + green gram (paired 3:2) and two nitrogen levels viz., 75% RDN (N₁) and 100% RDN (N₂) were evaluated in the study. The experiment was conducted for two consecutive years with same randomization. Significantly higher seed and stover and biological yields and N, P₂O₅ as well as K₂O uptake of sesame were obtained under sole sesame on pooled basis. Sole green gram (I₃) intercropping system recorded significantly higher available nitrogen in soil. Seed, stover and biological yields as well as nitrogen Content, N, P2O5 and K2O uptake of sesame were found superior with 100% RDN (N2) on pooled basis.