Productivity and economic feasibility of buckwheat intercropping with chickpea under NorthernTransition Zone of Karnataka

Abstract

A field study was conducted to analyse the productivity and economic feasibility of buckwheat intercroppingwith chickpea under Northern Transition Zone of Karnataka at The Main Agricultural Research Station, University ofAgricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka during rabi 2021. The results revealed that sole buckwheat produced a grainyield that was noticeably higher (590 kg ha-1). Among the intercropping systems buckwheat grain yield was higher withchickpea + buckwheat at 4:4 (359 kg ha-1). Higher harvest index (36.09 %) was attained with sole buckwheat. Sole chickpearecorded significantly higher chickpea grain yield (1937 kg ha-1) when compared to all other treatments. Chickpea +buckwheat in 3:1 row ratio was shown to have a significantly higher grain yield (1768 kg ha-1), which was comparable tochickpea + buckwheat at 2:1 (1655 kg ha-1) and 4:2 (1654 kg ha-1) row ratio. Significantly higher net returns (` 63334 ha-1) andB:C ratio (2.70) was recorded with 4:2 row ratio of chickpea and buckwheat. However, on par results were obtained with3:1 and 2:1 row ratio of chickpea + buckwheat and sole chickpea.