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INTERCROPPING SYSTEM CAN ENHANCE THE YIELD OF POTATO AND GROUNDNUT

Volume : 85
Issue: May-jun
Pages: 259 - 261
Published: July 01, 2023
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Abstract


Field experiments were carried out during the winter seasons of 1989-91 at the Unviersity research farm, Mohanpur (W.B.) to find out the suitable cropping system of potato and groundnut in the Gangetic plains of upland alluvial soil. It revealed that the sole crop yields of potato and gorundnut were superior to the respective intercrop yield of the systems. Intercrops of potato and groundnut having 3: 3 row arrangements maintained row to row 40 cm apart recorded moderate potato tuber equivalence (24.09 t/ha), highest land equivalent ratio (1.49) and maximum monetary advantage (Rs. 4,971/-) preseumably due to the highest potato yield (12 t/ha) in the system. However, potato + groundnut intercrops having 2: 2 row arrangements maintained 30 cm apart exhibited less advantage.

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259 - 261
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Cropping system intercrops potato tuber equivalence Land exquivalent ratio and monetary advantage
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