EVALUATION OF PLANT POPULATION AND CROP GEOMETRY OF PIGEONPEA BASED SOYBEAN INTERCROPPING SYSTEM (ADDITIVE SERIES) UNDER RAINFED ECOSYSTEM

DESHRAJ SINGH¹*, N.G. KURHADE², CHANCHAL VERMA³, PRADEEP KUMAR^4
1Experimental Farm, Department of Agronomy, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, 431 402, Maharashtra
²Experimental Farm, Department of Agronomy, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, 431 402, Maharashtra
³Experimental Farm, Department of Agronomy, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, 431 402, Maharashtra
⁴Experimental Farm, Department of Agronomy, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, 431 402, Maharashtra
* Corresponding Author : deshrajsinghsuman10@gmail.com

Received : 12-12-2016     Accepted : 29-12-2016     Published : 06-01-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 1       Pages : 3606 - 3609
Int J Agr Sci 9.1 (2017):3606-3609

Keywords : Intercropping, Pigeonpea, Soybean, Row proportion, Planting geometry, Growth parameters, Yield attributes and seed yield
Academic Editor : Dr S.S. Rana
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The field experiment was conducted at Experimental farm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Parbhani under Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth (VNMKV), Parbhani (M.S.) during Kharif 2014-15 to assess performance of pigeonpea + soybean intercropping system under different row proportions and planting geometry in rainfed condition. Among all the treatments, pigeonpea- soybean row proportion (1:2) with 90 cm x 30 cm recorded higher pigeonpea equivalent yield (1721.01 kg ha-1) and B : C ratio (3.67) which was comparable with row ratio 1 : 3 (120 cm x 30 cm) and row ratio 1 : 4 (150 cm x 30 cm). It means pigeonpea intra-row spacing 30 cm under row spacing of 90 cm, 120 cm and 150 cm with 1 : 2, 1 : 3 and 1 : 4 pigeonpea– soybean row proportions respectively produce higher pigeonpea equivalent yield (kg ha-1) rather than 45 cm.