EFFECT OF GROUNDNUT BASED MILLETS INTERCROPPING SYSTEM ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF GROUNDNUT (Arachis hypogaea L.) UNDER RAINFED CONDITION

K.V. SHWETHANJALI¹, A.H. KUMAR NAIK²*, T. BASAVARAJ NAIK³, M. DINESH KUMAR^4
1Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, 577 204, India
²Principal Investigator, All India Coordinated Research Project on Groundnut, Hiriyur, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, 577 204, India
³Senior Farm Superintendent, Zonal Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, 577 204, India
⁴Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, 577 204, India
* Corresponding Author : kumarahphd@gmail.com

Received : 18-08-2018     Accepted : 26-08-2018     Published : 15-09-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 17       Pages : 7033 - 7034
Int J Agr Sci 10.17 (2018):7033-7034

Keywords : Groundnut, Millets, Intercropping
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, 577 204, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

A field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2017 at Zonal Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station, Babbur farm, Hiriyur to study the effect of groundnut based intercropping system on growth and yield parameters of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) under rainfed condition. Treatments consisted of testing of pure groundnut against intercropping of finger millet, little millet and foxtail millet at 5:2 and 6:1 row proportions. Growth parameters such as plant height (34.14 cm), number of branches (10.52), number of leaflets (79.33), leaf area (1265 cm2 plant-1) and total dry matter accumulation (28.81 g plant-1) were significantly higher in the intercropping of groundnut + foxtail millet with 6:1 row proportion. Results of experiment indicated that higher groundnut pod and haulm yield was recorded in sole groundnut (1862 kg ha-1 and 2618 kg ha-1, respectively). Among the intercropping treatments, significantly higher pod and haulm yield (1744 kg ha-1 and 2194 kg ha-1, respectively), number of pods (26.46), pod weight per plant (13.09) and groundnut equivalent yield (1877 kg ha-1) were recorded in groundnut + foxtail millet in the row proportion of 6:1.

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