AGRONOMIC INVESTIGATIONS ON FINGER MILLET + AKKADI SYSTEM UNDER DRYLAND SITUATION

M.N. THIMMEGOWDA¹, B.K. RAMACHANDRAPPA², MUDALAGIRIYAPPA³, B.G. VASANTHI⁴*, M.S. SAVITHA⁵, K.M. PUNEETHA^6
1All India Co-ordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India
²All India Co-ordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India
³All India Co-ordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India
⁴All India Co-ordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India
⁵All India Co-ordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India
⁶All India Co-ordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India
* Corresponding Author : vasubgkvk@gmail.com

Received : 21-11-2018     Accepted : 12-12-2018     Published : 15-12-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 23       Pages : 7613 - 7616
Int J Agr Sci 10.23 (2018):7613-7616

Keywords : Akkadi, Intercropping, Dryspell, Conservation furrow, Rain Water Use Efficiency
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to All India Co-ordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India. Authors are also thankful to University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India for financial support
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Field investigation was carried at All India Co-ordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru during kharif 2015 on finger millet based Akkadi intercropping system under Dryland situation in alfisol. The experiment consisting of two factors i.e., factor A (4 crop mixtures) and factor B (2 row proportions) with eight treatment combinations. Among different crop mixtures and row proportions, intercropping finger millet with Akkadi 8 crops consisting in 8:1 row proportion recorded higher finger millet grain (3319 kg ha-1), straw yield (5267 kg ha-1). Among different crop mixtures finger millet with 8 Akkadi crops recorded higher finger millet equivalent yield (3893 kg ha-1), rain water use efficiency (7.00 kg ha-mm-1), net returns (Rs. 57499 ha-1) and benefit: cost ratio (3.0) compared to other crop mixtures. Among the Akkadi crops, higher yield of fodder sorghum (982 kg ha--1) was recorded in intercropping finger millet with 7 Akkadi crops under 8:2 row proportion with conservation furrow compared other treatment combinations.

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