Production Potential of Soybean-Pegeonpea Intercropping

The field experiment was conducted at Agriculture College, Latur during the kharif season (2006) to find out suitable genotype of soybean in intercropping with pigeonpea and suitable planting pattern for getting higher productivity in soybean + pigeonpea intercropping system. The result indicated that the gross monetary return and net monetary return both were found highest in intercropping system soybean (JS-335) + pigeonpea (BSMR-736). Among the intercropping systems Soybean (JS-335) + Pigeonpea (BSMR-736) was more remunerative in respect of cost: benefit ratio. Planting pattern 4:2 (soybean: pigeonpea) recorded highest values of gross monetary return, net monetary return and cost: benefit ratio. The experiment showed that the soybean (JS-335) + pigeonpea (BSMR-736) intercropping system with 4:2 planting pattern can give higher production.