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Traditional pandal agriculture of cucurbit vegetables utilises a relay intercropping approach with perennial Castor (Ricinus communis L.) to conserve resources

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Title Traditional pandal agriculture of cucurbit vegetables utilises a relay intercropping approach with perennial Castor (Ricinus communis L.) to conserve resources
 
Creator Perumal, Veeramani
Kasirajan, Subrahmaniyan
Chandrasekaran, Harisudan
Perumal, Kathirvelan
Sengodan, Manickam
Angamuthu, Mahalingam
 
Subject Cucurbits
Perennial castor
Productivity
Relay intercropping
Resource
 
Description 923-928
A field experiment was conducted at the Tapioca and Castor Research Station, Yethapur, Tamil Nadu during the
Kharif seasons of 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 to determine whether perennial castor (Ricinus communis L.) traditional
pandal cultivation is suitable for cucurbit vegetable relay intercropping systems. The results indicated that perennial castor +
cucumber relay intercropping system produced the highest castor equivalent yield (1701 kg/ha), followed by the perennial
castor + ridge gourd (1596 kg/ha). Perennial castor + cucumber relay intercropping system had the highest system
productivity (4.66 kg/ha/day), system profitability (338.8 Rs/ha/day), and relative economic efficiency (198.5%) of all the
cucurbits. Perennial castor and bitter gourd relay intercropping had the best moisture-use efficiency (6.58 kg/ha/mm), while
perennial castor and bottle gourd relay intercropping came in second (6.35 kg/ha/mm). Relay intercropping of perennial
castor and cucumber system registered higher net returns (Rs. 1,23,662 ha), followed by perennial castor and ridge gourd
(Rs. 1,20,515 ha). The average seed output of perennial sole castor was 1312 kg/ha, which was higher than the other
cropping systems, despite the fact that the monetary returns were only Rs 41,801 ha. The relay intercropping of perennial
castor + ridge gourd (3.29) and perennial castor + bitter gourd (3.29), followed by perennial castor + cucumber (3.27), had
the highest benefit-cost ratio.
 
Date 2024-10-30T06:30:20Z
2024-10-30T06:30:20Z
2024-10
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/64768
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v23i10.1831
 
Language en
 
Relation Int Cl.24: A01G 22/05
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJTK Vol.23(10) [October 2024]