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Growth and Yield of Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn.) as Influenced by Intercropping with Pulses

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: A study was conducted at Integrated Farming System Research Station, Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, to assess the effect of intercropping in finger millet and to assess the effect of AMF on the growth and yield of finger millet. The field experiment was laid out in randomized block design with 11 treatments replicated thrice. The treatments comprised finger millet (with and without AMF) intercropped with pulses, viz., green gram, black gram and cowpea along with the sole crop of all the above crops. The results elicited that both AMF and intercropping had significant effect on the growth and yield of finger millet. The sole crop of finger millet with AMF was found to show superior growth and yield attributes of finger millet. Among the intercropping systems, finger millet (with AMF) + cowpea was found to excel in the growth and yield.

Source: International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

DOI: 10.20546/ijcmas.2020.908.263

Authors: Dhimmagudi Ramamohan Reddy, P. Shalini Pillai, Jacob John, A. Sajeena, J. C. Aswathy

Institution: Kerala Agricultural University

Language: English

Topic: Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems

Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3091858369