Studies on Intercropping in Rainfed Little Millet (Panicum sumatrense)

Sharmili, K.; Manoharan, S.

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.702.042

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“…Pavankumar et al [40] recommended intercropping of Little millet + Black/Red gram/ Soyabean/Sesamum in 2:1 ratio. Sharmili et al [17] and Sharmili and Parasuraman [67] observed that the highest little millet equivalent yield was recorded with 4:2 row ratio of little millet and pigeonpea followed by 2:1, 6:2 and 3:1 row ratios. Relay cropping of little millet + horse gram recorded significantly higher little millet equivalent yield than that obtained under little millet alone.…”

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“…Relay cropping of little millet + horse gram recorded significantly higher little millet equivalent yield than that obtained under little millet alone. Sharmili and Parasuraman [67] also concluded that growing of little millet and pigeonpea in 6:1 row ratio with horsegram or mothbean in sequence have been found superior over other intercropping systems and also growing sole crop of little millet alone. Shwethanjali et [68] reported that Intercropping combination of groundnut and little millet (6:1) assured better resource use efficiency as LER (1.13) than pure stands of either groundnut or little millet and more B:C ratio of 2.16 and recorded groundnut equivalent yield (1,822 kg ha -1 ) which was at par with groundnut + little millet/finger millet under same row ratio.…”

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“…Shwethanjali et [68] reported that Intercropping combination of groundnut and little millet (6:1) assured better resource use efficiency as LER (1.13) than pure stands of either groundnut or little millet and more B:C ratio of 2.16 and recorded groundnut equivalent yield (1,822 kg ha -1 ) which was at par with groundnut + little millet/finger millet under same row ratio. Shalini et al [49] and Sharmili and Manoharan [69] reported that the yield attributes of little millet like number of productive tillers per hill and test weight was found to be increased when intercropped with pigeon pea at 6:1 ratio and thus intercropping little millet and pigeon pea at proportions of 6:1 or 6:2 is beneficial. Shivaraj [47] reported higher area time equivalent ratio (ATER) (1.17) in 4:2 row ratio of groundnut + little millet intercropping systems, while groundnut pod equivalent yield recorded with Groundnut + little millet (2,581 kg ha -1 ) was significantly lower than Groundnut finger millet/ foxtail millet in 4:2 row ratio.…”

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Intercropping Options for Sustainable Minor Millet Production: A Review

Dhaka,

Singh

et al. 2023

IJECC

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High population pressure, climate change, stagnant crop productivity, changing food habit and declining natural resources compelled us to go for climate resilient resource conservation technologies to bring sustainability in our crop production. Crop diversification by replacing high input requiring cereals with “nutri- cereals” minor millets in our crop rotations and by following intercropping of minor millets with pulses or oilseeds may be economically profitable, environmentally safe and socially acceptable approach to ensure food and nutritional security of the burgeoning population. This is high time to include millets in our daily diets but millet availability in sufficient amount is big issue. Millets are crops of rainfed and dryland resource poor areas and moreover under the threat of global warming and changed climatic scenario sole planting of millets generally gives less economic returns. So, there is an urgent need for incorporation of the pulses/oilseeds as intercrop in millets production system to enhance the production to feed the increasing population on sustained basis besides restoring the soil nutritional status and to overcome the environmental stress. But performance of intercropping system depends on proper selections of suitable intercrop, appropriate row ratio combination and proper input management. Very limited research work has been conducted on intercropping in millets so far but noteworthy information was recorded by the researchers, which has been reviewed through a sincere effort here to give critical view about intercropping in minor millets for agricultural sustainability to the farmers, researchers and consumers.

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Section: Intercropping In Little Milletmentioning

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Section: Intercropping In Little Milletmentioning

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Intercropping Options for Sustainable Minor Millet Production: A Review

Dhaka,

Singh

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“…In terms of effect of pulses intercropping on yield attributes of little millet, Sharmili and Manoharan (2018) revealed that number of panicles tiller -1 and 1000 grain weight of little millet is found to be increased when intercropped with pulses.…”

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Millet and Pulses Based Intercropping: A Review

Sharmili¹,

Yasodha²,

Rajesh³

2021

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World’s population is growing exponentially and agriculture has to fulfil their food requirements. An important strategy for increasing productivity and labour utilization per unit area of available land is to intensify land use. Intercropping is advanced agro technique of cultivating two or more crops in the same space at the same time. It increases in productivity per unit of land via better utilisation of resources, minimises the risks, reduces weed competition and stabilizes the yield. Millets are ancient nutri-cereals which play an important role in food and nutritional security of the country. They are commonly grown as sole crop world-wide. Pulse production can be increased by growing pulses on favourable lands that are occupied by cereals and cash crops by way of intercropping. The combination of cereal and legume in intercropping is mostly preferred by the farmers in subsistence farming targeting livelihood security. In this study, the works carried out by various researches in millet and pulse based intercropping are discussed. This review would be useful to the researchers who are involved in this field.

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“…Little millet + green gram resulted in a benefit cost ratio of 2.42 (Sharmili and Manoharan, 2018). Higher returns and benefit cost ratio of 3.73 were recorded in foxtail millet + pigeon pea intercropping system (Himasree et al, 2017).…”

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Studies on Microbial Dynamics in Little Millet (Panicum sumatrense L.) based Intercropping System under Rainfed Condition

Keerthanapriya¹,

Hemalatha²,

Ramanathan³

et al. 2019

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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during rabi season (October 2018 -January 2019) to evolve suitable little millet (Panicum sumatrense L) based intercropping system under rainfed condition. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with eight treatments and replicated thrice. The population of soil bacteria, fungi, actinobacteria, Azospirillum and dehydrogenase enzyme activities were recorded under different little millet based intercropping system as a measure of soil microbial dynamics. Among the treatments, soil microbial population was higher in little millet intercropped with both pulses and legumes. Also, the dehydrogenase enzyme activity was more in intercropping compared to mono-cropping and nonlegume intercropping system.

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Studies on Intercropping in Rainfed Little Millet (Panicum sumatrense)

Cited by 10 publications

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Intercropping Options for Sustainable Minor Millet Production: A Review

Intercropping Options for Sustainable Minor Millet Production: A Review

Millet and Pulses Based Intercropping: A Review

Studies on Microbial Dynamics in Little Millet (Panicum sumatrense L.) based Intercropping System under Rainfed Condition

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