STUDIES ON GINGER BASED INTERCROPPING SYSTEMS FOR HIGHER YIELD AND INCOME
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2023-12-05
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UHF Nauni
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The present investigation entitled, “Studies on ginger based intercropping systems for higher yield and income” was carried out in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications in plot size of 3 m × 1 m and spacing 30 cm × 20 cm at Vegetable Research Farm and Quality Analysis Laboratory of the Department of Vegetable Science, Dr YSPUHF, Nauni, Solan (HP) during Kharif 2022. The treatments comprised of seven treatments i.e. Fenugreek, Coriander, Oriental Mustard, Sweet corn, French bean, Arhar and Elephant foot yam. The observations recorded were plant height (cm), tiller girth (cm), number of tillers per plant, number of leaves per tiller, leaf length (cm), leaf width (cm), incidence of rhizome rot (%), rhizome length (cm), rhizome breadth (cm), yield of main crop per plant (g) and per hectare (q), yield of intercrops per plant (g) and per hectare (q), total ginger yield and ginger equivalent projected yield per hectare (q), dry matter recovery (%), oleoresin content (%), essential oil (%), crude fibre (%) and benefit cost ratio. Therefore, it was concluded that ginger variety Solan Giriganga intercropped with three crops of Sweet corn during Summer, Kharif and Rabi seasons with planting ratio 2:2 gave the highest yield of ginger (188.33 q/ha) and Sweet corn (444.16 q/ha) along with maximum net returns per hectare (₹ 5,29,442) and B:C ratio (1.81) under mid hill conditions of Himachal Pradesh