Performance of various intercrops in relation to land equivalent ratio (LER) and their influence on yield attributes and yield of mango (Mangifera indica).
Raut, R. L.
Author Affiliation: Deptt. of Horticulture, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur - 482 004 (M.P.), India.
Journal of Soils and Crops 16 :295-299
Abstract : The trials were conducted in the farmers field using various intercrops viz., paddy [rice], maize, black gram and cowpea during kharif and gram, wheat, peas and arhar [pigeon peas] in rabi season, for two years in 6-7 years old mango orchard (cv. Langra and Dashehari). Average number of panicles branch-1 of mango was greatest (21.06) in paddy-fallow intercropping system followed by fallow-peas and arhar-arhar cropping system i.e. 21.30 and 17.50, respectively. The highest average fruit weight (241.70 g fruit-1) was recorded in the fallow-pea system followed by paddy-fallow (238.9 g fruit-1) and cowpea-wheat (232 g fruit-1) cropping systems. However, fruit yield was highest (28 q ha-1) in the arhar-arhar cropping system. The highest LER value of 2.3 was associated with arhar and 2.0 was obtained with maize and pea intercrops. The lowest LER value of 1.5 was found with paddy intercrop.