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Groundnut Intercropping with Sugarcane

M.M. Haque
Agricultural Research Station, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh,

S. S. Zaman
Agricultural Research Station, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh,

M.A. Maleque
Agricultural Research Station, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh,

M.M. Rahman
Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Regional Station, Kishoreganj.,

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

An experiment was carried out at Agricultural Research Station, Kishoreganj to find out the groundnut variety to suit best as inter crop with sugarcane for getting higher economic return. Three ground nut varieties such as Dhaka-1, DM-1 and Acc. No. 12 were considered for inter cropping with sugarcane. It was found that the yield of sugarcane did not reduced significantly due to ground nut. The yield of sugarcane ranged from 62.2 to 66.1 t/ha in different inter cropping. Among the ground nut varieties, Dhaka-1 yielded the highest (2.0 t/ha) followed Acc. No. 12 (1.9 t/ha). LER was found the highest (1.89) with sugarcane + Dhaka-1 inter cropping. Economically, it was observed that all the inter cropping provided the higher economic retum than the sole cropping. Sugarcane + Acc. No. 12 produced the highest economic return followed by Sugarcane + Dhaka-1 and Sugarcane + DM-1.

Keywords: Groundnut, Suitable, Intercropping , Sugarcane

Location: Agricultural Research Station, Kishoreganj

Start Date: 20-12-1987

End Date:

Program Area: Crop-Soil-Water Management

Commodity: Ground nut

Objectives:

To find out the suitable variety of groundnut to produce higher economic return as inter cropped with sugarcane.

Methodology:

An experiment was carried out at Agricultural Research Station, Kishoreganj to find out the suitable ground nut variety for inter cropping with sugarcane. The groundnut varieties such as Dhaka-l, DM-1 and Acc, No. 12 were used for inter cropping with sugarcane variety Isd-9/57, The experiment was set up following randomized complete block design with three replications. Sugarcane setts were planted on 1st November, 1986 by end to end method at row to row distance of 90 cm. Sugarcane was fertilized with 100-80-80 kg NPK/ ha in the trench and that of groundnut with 30-75-50 kg NPK/ha on ridges in between two lines of sugarcane. The spacing of groundnut was 30 x 15 em Groundnut was harvested on 4th ,lime and Sugarcane Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Regional Station, Kishoreganj. on 20th December 1987. Then the collected data were statistically analyzed. Computation of Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) was followed according to Willey (1979) and that of Equivalent yield of Shaner et al. (1982). Cost and monetary return of different treatments were computed on the basis of prevailing market price of sugarcane and groundnut.

Source of Information: Bangladesh J. Sugarcane, 11 : 7 -1 0 July, 1989

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Achievement/Findings:

Inter cropping of groundnut preferably with Dhaka-1 and Acc. No. 12 can be practiced with sugarcane at Kishoreganj area for higher economic return of the farmers.

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