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Department of Agronomy, ANGRAU-S.V. Agricultural College,Tirupati-517 502.
A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2024 at S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, to evaluate the yield and economic benefits of groundnut + millet intercropping systems. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with ten treatments comprising of three millets viz., foxtail millet, finger millet and little millet with groundnut in the replacement series of 5:2 and 5:4 row proportion and their sole crops replicated thrice. Results showed that sole crop of groundnut recorded the highest pod (2295 kg ha⁻¹) and haulm yield (3016 kg ha⁻¹), while groundnut + finger millet (5:2) recorded the highest groundnut pod equivalent yield (2906 kg ha⁻¹) and economic returns (benefit: cost ratio of 2.76). Millet yields in intercropping systems were reduced due to competition, with the 5:4 row ratio yielding higher than the 5:2 ratio. The study concluded that groundnut + finger millet at 5:2 ratio is the most productive and economically viable intercropping system in Southern Agro- climatic zone of Andhra Pradesh.
KEYWORDS: Groundnut, foxtail millet, finger millet, little millet.