Study on Different Vegetable based Intercrops in Cabbage for Assessing Growth, Yield and Economic Viability

Abstract

The vegetable crops like methi, palak, radish, beetroot and cluster bean were used as component crops in the intercropping study. The results revealed that the growth characters of cabbage viz., number of leaves at harvest (14.00), plant spread at 30 DAT (1875.88 cm 2 ) and head circumference (44.66 cm) were found significantly higher in sole cropped cabbage. Similarly, yield attributes like weight of heads (1.56 kg/ha), yield per plot (33.27 kg/ha) and yield per hectare (83.19 kg/ha) were found higher in sole cropped cabbage. Analysis of economics (B:C ratio) was highest in cabbage intercropped with methi (5.49) which also recorded the highest LER (1.24).

Potentiality of intercropping in managing Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella)

“…Choudhari and Jana (2012) revealed that cabbage with intercropping had influenced the yields. Analysis of economics (B:C ratio) had shown that the highest returns were obtained with cabbage in combination with intercrops Mawnai et al (2021). Moreover, it was also noticed that the weight of the cabbage head was significantly influenced by intercropping (Ananda et al 2018).…”