Productivity and Profitability of Cropping System and Row Ratio on the Performance of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) + Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) Intercropping System

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to determine the performance of chickpea + linseed intercropping system at crop research center of SVPUA&T, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. The field trail was laid on sandy clay loam soil with proper drainage facilities, with low levels of available nitrogen and organic carbon, medium levels of phosphorus, potassium, sulphur, and pH that were moderately alkaline, during 2021-22. The experiment comprised of Chickpea and linseed variety Avrodhi and Garima respectively was tested in a split plot design with three replications and 16 treatment combinations consisting 4 intercropping and 4 cropping modules. viz., chickpea sole, linseed sole, chickpea + linseed in ratio of 1:1, chickpea + linseed in ratio of 2:1 and 4 cropping module viz., control without application of any kind of nutrient, inorganic module with the recommended dose of fertilizer, organic module with FYM, Trichoderma, seed inoculation by Rhizobium, and PSB, and natural module with seed treatment beejamrutha, foliar application of jeevamrutha, and soil application of panchgavya. Among Intercropping system the maximum grain yield, stover yield, biological yield, harvest index and economics was recorded significantly with the combinations of 2:1 Chickpea + Linseed intercropping system. However, under cropping system modules the highest productivity and profitability of these parameters was recorded significantly with inorganic module over rest of the modules.