Claim · model-written summary
Pigeonpea with urdbean had a significantly higher benefit:cost ratio of 2.31 than maize and turmeric intercrops or sole pigeonpea.
- Taxon
- pigeonpea
Cajanus cajane0 - Treatment
- pigeonpea + urdbean [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper]e0
- Outcome
- B: C ratioe0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 2.31e0
- Comparator
- pigeonpea + maize, pigeonpea + turmeric and sole pigeonpeae0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Significantly higher B: C ratio was recorded under pigeonpea + sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) (2.32) and pigeonpea + urdbean [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper] (2.31) intercropping systems than pigeonpea + maize, pigeonpea + turmeric and sole pigeonpea.”
Title
I.B. PANDEY; S. TIWARI Indian Journal of Agronomy 2024. doi:10.59797/ija.v62i4.5550
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- Intervention effect Pigeonpea with turmeric increased pigeonpea yield to 2.00 t/ha relative to maize intercrop and sole pigeonpea.
- Intervention effect Pigeonpea with turmeric increased pigeonpea-equivalent yield to 4.79 t/ha relative to maize intercrop and sole pigeonpea.
- Intervention effect Pigeonpea with turmeric increased fruiting efficiency to 18.8% relative to maize intercrop and sole pigeonpea.
- Intervention effect Pigeonpea with turmeric increased water-use efficiency to 6.1 kg grain/ha/mm relative to maize intercrop and sole pigeonpea.
- Intervention effect Pigeonpea with turmeric increased production efficiency to 18.0 kg/ha/day relative to maize intercrop and sole pigeonpea.
- Intervention effect Pigeonpea with turmeric increased net re turns to 106.32 ×10/ha relative to maize intercrop and sole pigeonpea.
- Intervention effect Pigeonpea with turmeric had a lower benefit:cost ratio than sole pigeonpea.
- Intervention effect Pigeonpea with sesame had a significantly higher benefit:cost ratio of 2.32 than maize and turmeric intercrops or sole pigeonpea.
- Intervention effect Pigeonpea with maize had significantly lower NPK uptake than sole pigeonpea and other intercrops.
- Intervention effect Pigeonpea with mungbean had more and heavier nodules than with maize.
- Intervention effect Pigeonpea with urdbean had more and heavier nodules than with maize.
- Intervention effect Applying 125% RDF significantly increased number of branches and pods/plant relative to RDF and 75% RDF.
- Intervention effect Applying 125% RDF significantly increased pigeonpea equivalent yield to 3.39 t/ha relative to RDF and 75% RDF.
- Intervention effect Applying 125% RDF significantly increased land-equivalent ratio to 1.87 relative to RDF and 75% RDF.
- Intervention effect Applying 125% RDF significantly increased production efficiency to 12.8 kg/ha/day relative to RDF and 75% RDF.
- Intervention effect Applying 125% RDF significantly increased net returns to 80.83 ×103/ha relative to RDF and 75% RDF.
- Intervention effect Applying 125% RDF significantly increased benefit: cost ratio to 2.17 relative to RDF and 75% RDF.
- Intervention effect Applying 125% RDF significantly increased NPK uptake by pigeonpea relative to RDF and 75% RDF.
- Intervention effect Pigeonpea with urdbean or mungbean increased soil organic carbon and available N, P, and K.