LAND EQUIVALENT RATIO IN RELATION TO INTERCROPPING IN YOUNG MANGO ORCHARD

R.L. RAUT¹*, SHARAD BISEN^2
1ICAR - Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Balaghat, 481115, Madhya Pradesh, India
²College of Agriculture, Balaghat, Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : rshn_raut71@yahoo.com

Received : 09-10-2016     Accepted : 03-11-2016     Published : 12-11-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 55       Pages : 3014 - 3015
Int J Agr Sci 8.55 (2016):3014-3015

Keywords : Land Equivalent Ratio, Mango, Intercrop, Blackgram, French bean, Ginger, Maize, Paddy
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : Author worked as Research Associate under this project

Trials were conducted at farmers field using various intercrops viz. blackgram, ginger, maize and paddy in 7- 8 years old mango (cv. Totapari and Baiganpalli) orchard under NATP-RRPS-8 Project at JNKVV, Jabalpur. It is observed that the intercrops influenced the yield attributing characters of the mango and black gram performed better as compare to other intercrops. Maximum number of fruits per branch, maximum number of fruits per plant and yield of mango per hectare were obtained with blackgram intercrop. Whereas, maximum fruit weight of mango was observed with intercrop French bean. The maximum LER was also recorded with blackgram intercrops without fillers.