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Intercropping of Tuber and Fodder Crops in Juvenile Black Pepper Garden

DSpice at Indian Institute of Spices Research

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Creator THANKAMANI, C K
KANDIANNAN, K
MADAN, M S
HAMZA, S
KRISHNAMURTHY, K S
 
Date 2014-08-11T04:51:54Z
2014-08-11T04:51:54Z
2010
 
Identifier Proceedings of the National Seminar on Soil, Water and Crop Management for Higher Productivity of Spices, Feb. 2010, pp.186-190.
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1169
 
Description An experiment was conducted with the objective of augmenting the income from juvenile black pepper garden by intercropping tuber and fodder crops at Peruvannamuzhi farm (Kerala) for two years (2007-08 and 2008-09). Tuber crops such as tapioca, amorphophallus , greater yam, coleus, ginger, tunneric, and fodder crops viz. hybrid napier grass, guinea grass and congo signal grass were selected and treatments were laid out in RED with three replications. The results indicated that higher black pepper growth was obtained under intercropping situation compared to sale crop of black pepper. Among tuber crops maximum yield was recorded by greater yam (16140 kg/ha) followed by amorphophallus (10620 kg/ha). In the case offodder crops, maximum yield was recorded by hybrid napier grass Co 3 (38700 kg/ha) followed by guinea grass (36200 kg/ha). Maximum net return of Rs. 99,240 per ha was obtained from
black pepper + amorphophallus followed by black pepper + greater yam (Rs 94,034). In the case of fodder, hybrid napier grass recorded maximum net return (Rs 23,700) followed by guinea grass with black pepper. Benefit: Cost ratio was higher for amorphophallus and greater yam (2.6) intercropped with black pepper followed by ginger (2.4).
Keywords: black pepper, economics, fodder, inter cropping, tuber crops
 
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Language en
 
Subject Black pepper
Tuber crops
Fodder crops
Intercropping
Economics
 
Title Intercropping of Tuber and Fodder Crops in Juvenile Black Pepper Garden
 
Type Article