Effect of Safed musli + pigeonpea intercropping system on yield and N, P, K status availability in soil

Abstract

A field experiment was carried out at Nagarjun Medicinal Plants Garden, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola (M.S.) to study the yield potential of Safed musli and N, P and K availability in soil by adopting intercropping systems during kharif season of 2015-16 and 2016-17. The experiment was laid in Randomized Block Design with four replications and six treatments. The experiment was under Safed musli + Pigeonpea intercropping with various row proportions T1 – Safed musli + Pigeonpea 2:1 row proportion, T2 – Safed musli + Pigeonpea 3:1 row proportion, T3 – Safed musli + Pigeonpea 2:2 row proportion, T4 – Safed musli + Pigeonpea 1:2 row proportion, T5 – Sole Safed musli, T6 – Sole Pigeonpea. In yield contributing characters of Safed musli significantly highest number of root per plant, root length and root girth of Safed musli was increased in treatment (T2) Safed musli + Pigeonpea 3:1 intercropping. Similarly fresh and dry root yield g plant-1 was significantly increased under treatment (T2) Safed musli + Pigeonpea in 3:1 intercropping. The major nutrient (N, P and K) availability by Safed musli in soil was significantly increased under (T4) Safed musli + Pigeonpea in 1:2 intercropping.