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Performance of Turmeric Intercropped with Legume Non Legume Crops

M N A Chowdhury
Senior Scientific Officer
Spices Research Center, BARI, Shibganj, Bogra

M E K Chowdhury
Scientific Officer
Spices Research Center, BARI, Shibganj, Bogra

M. A. Khan
Senior Scientific Officer
Spices Research Sub-Center, Lalmonirhat

M. M. Kamruzzaman
Principal Scientific Officer
Spices Research Sub-Center, Faridpur

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The study was conducted in three locations at Spices Research Center, Bogra, Spices Research Sub-Center, Lalmonirhat and Spices Research Sub-Center, Faridpur during 2010 -2011.The treatments were viz. T1) Turmeric + summer onion + snake gourd + country bean, T2) Turmeric + summer onion + yardlong bean + bottle gourd , T3) Turmeric + chilli + snake gourd + country bean, T4) Turmeric + chilli + yardlong bean + bottle gourd, T5) Turmeric + lalshak + snake gourd + country bean, T6) Turmeric + lalshak + yard long bean + bottle gourd, T7) Sole turmeric . The results indicated that the turmeric equivalent yield was the higher (28.09 t/ha) at Bogra and the lower (23.89 t/ha) was found at Lalmonirhat. The turmeric equivalent yield was the highest (29.18 t/ha) in T1 treatment and the lowest (18.37 t/ha) in T7. It was found that turmeric equivalent yield was better (33.75 t/ha) at Faridpur in T1 treatment and the lowest was at Lalmonirhat in T7 (16.76 t/ha). The highest net return (Tk. 661601) was obtained in T6 with a BCR of 4.10 The highest LER (2.57) was obtained from T1 and the lowest was found in T4 (1.79).

Keywords: INTERCROP, LEGUME , NON LEGUME CROPS, PERFORMANCE, TURMERIC.

Location: Spices Research Center, Bogra, Spices Research Sub-Center, Lalmonirhat and Spices Research Sub-Center, Faridpur

Start Date: 01-04-2010

End Date: 28-02-2011

Program Area: Farming System

Commodity: Chilli, Onion, Vegetables

Objectives:

To increase productivity per unit area of land, judicious use of land resource, farming inputs
To minimize risk of total crop failure due to aberrant weather condition or pest epidemics.

Methodology:

The experiment was conducted in three locations at Spices Research Center, Bogra, Spices Research Sub-Center, Lalmonirhat and Spices Research Sub-Center, Faridpur during 2010 -2011. The best treatments combination with turmeric from previous years (2008-2010) was selected for this experiment. The planting materials were Turmeric, lalshak, summer onion, chilli, snake gourd, yardlong bean, bottle gourd and country bean. The treatments were- T1) Turmeric + summer onion + snake gourd + country bean, T2) Turmeric + summer onion + yardlong bean + bottle gourd, T3) Turmeric + chilli + snake gourd + country bean, T4) Turmeric + chilli + yardlong bean + bottle gourd, T5) Turmeric + lalshak + snake gourd + country bean, T6) Turmeric + lalshak + yard long bean + bottle gourd, T7) Sole turmeric . BARI Halud -1, BARI Morich – 1, BARI Piaz- 2, BARI Sim-1, lalshak, bottle gourd, yardlong bean and snake gourd were used in this study. The single factor experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replication.Turmeric equivalent yield was calculated by converting the yield of component crops into the yield of turmeric on the basis of prevailing market prices using the following formula (Anjaneyulu et al., 1982). Turmeric equivalent yield (t/ha) = Yturm + Ycp x Pcp/Pturm When, Yturm = Yield of corresponding turmeric Ycp = Yield of corresponding component crops Pcp = Price of corresponding component crops Pturm = Price of turmeric Land equivalent ratio (LER) was calculated by the following formula Land equivalent ratio (LER) = Yield of intercrop-1/yield of sole -1+ Yield of intercrop- 2/yield of sole -2 + Yield of intercrop-3/yield of sole -3

Source of Information: Research Report 2011. Spices Research Center, BARI, Shibganj, Bogra

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Funding Source:

1. Government

Budget: 50,000/-

Total Budget (Tk.) : 50,000/-

Achievement/Findings:

The main crop gave the higher (17.56 t/ha) yield at Bogra followed by Faridpur (16.71 t/ha) and Lalmonirhat (14.12 t/ha). The turmeric equivalent yield had shown significant differences in three locations. The higher (28.09 t/ha) turmeric equivalent yield was obtained at Bogra followed by Faridpur (27.83t/ha) and the lower (23.89 t/ha) was found at Lalmonirhat. Significantly the highest main crop yield (19.91 t/ha) was found at Faridpur in T6 followed by Bogra in T1 (19.63 t/ha) and the lowest was found at Lalmonirhat in T1 (11.62 t/ha). Turmeric equivalent yield was found better (33.75 t/ha) at Faridpur with T1 followed by Bogra with T2 & T6 treatment (31.95 t/ha and 31.92 t/ha respectively) and the lowest was at Lalmonirhat with T7 (16.76 t/ha) (Fig 3). Incase of component crop yield, it was found that T1 gave the highest component crop yield (Summer onion-8.89 t/ha, Snake gourd-26.06 t/ha and country bean-12.96 t/ha) at Faridpur and the lowest was found from same treatment at Lalmonirhat except summer onion

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