Effect of pigeonpea transplanting on growth, yield and economics in sole and finger millet intercropping system under late sown conditions
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.59797/jfl.v27i1.833Keywords:
Finger millet, Inter crop, Sole crop, Transplanted pigeonpeaAbstract
The experiment was conducted at Zonal Agricultural Research Station (ZARS), Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra (GKVK), Bengaluru under rainfed situation during 2008-10. The soil of the experimental site was red sandy clay loam (Alfisol) with the pH and electrical conductivity of 6.5-6.8 and 0.2 dS/m respectfully. The soil was low in organic carbon (0.42%) and available N (202.9 kg/ ha) and medium in available P (28.8 kg/ ha) and available K (201.8 kg/ha). The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with eleven treatments involving transplanting of pigeonpea seedlings at 3, 4 and 5 weeks after sowing as sole and intercrop with finger millet (8:2 ratio) and their various combination. The results revealed that transplanting of 4 to 5 weeks old pigeonpea seedlings in sole crop recorded significantly higher pigeonpea equivalent yield (PEY), net returns and B: C ratio compared to direct sowing of pigeonpea.
References
AICRP on chickpea 2012. Project coordinators report of Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), Kanpur. All India Coordinated Crop Research Project (ICAR), Annual group meet held at UAS, Bangalore (Karnataka) from 13th to 15th May, 2012.
Basavennappa MN, Rajakumar GR and Biradar DP. 2009. New technology in Bt cotton transplanting system. Krishi Munnade 22: 7-8.
Dwivedi RN and Patel CN. 1988. Response of redgram to sowing dates in Nagaland. Indian Journal of Agronomy 33: 7-9.
Gopalaswamy N Subramanian and Palaniappan SP. 1985. Effect of age of seedlings on yield of cotton under different dates of transplanting. Indian Cotton Journal 5: 20-25.
Poornima DH. 2009. Studies on feasibility of transplanting pigeonpea in sole cropping and finger millet based intercropping system. M.Sc.(Agri) Thesis, UAS Bangalore, Karnataka
Rajpurohit SS and Gaur BL. 1986. Response of redgram to dates of sowing and phosphate fertilization. Indian Journal of Agronomy 31: 421-422.
Rana KS and Malhotra OP. 1992. Effect of water supply and date of sowing on the yield and water-use efficiency of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan). Indian Journal of Agronomy 37:194-195.
Sahai S. 2003.High yield of rainfed Cotton through transplanting. Current Science 84: 974-975
Shankaralingappa BC and Hegde BR 1989. Effect of date of sowing and plant population on pigeonpea. Indian Journal of Agronomy 34: 99-101.
Shankaralingappa BC and Hegde BR. 1992. Intercropping studies in finger millet with pigeonpea and bean. Mysore Journal of Agricultural Sciences 26: 248-253.
Thakar Singh, Kalu Singh Dahiya and Sindu MS. 2006. Effect of genotype, seedling age and row spacing on performance of transplanted African mustard (Brassica carinata) under late sown conditions. Indian Journal of Agronomy 51: 221-224.
