1Scientist (Agronomy), College of Agriculture, Lembucherra, Tripura, 799 210
2Assistant Professor and Scientist (Plant Breeding), College of Agriculture, Lembucherra, Tripura, 799 210
3Assistant Professor and Scientist (Plant Pathology), College of Agriculture, Lembucherra, Tripura, 799 210
4Assistant Professor and Scientist Entomology, AICRP on Pigeonpea, College of Agriculture, Lembucherra, Tripura, 799 210
5Assistant Professor (Agricultural Economics), College of Agriculture, Lembucherra, Tripura, 799 210
6Assistant Professor Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Management and Commerce, The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India University, Tripura, 799 210
*Corresponding author's Email: d2_biman@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 29 November, 2023.
An experiment was conducted during the rainy (kharif) season of 2018 and 2019 at research farm of College of Agriculture Tripura, Lembucherra, West Tripura, to identify a viable agro-technique for improving productivity of medium-duration pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp]. Treatments comprised all possible combination of no nipping (N0), nipping @ 45 days after sowing (DAS) (N45), nipping @ 60 DAS (N60) and nipping @ 90 DAS (N90) with row-to-row spacing @ 45 cm (S45), 60 cm (S60), 75 cm (S75) and 90 cm (S90). The results showed that, early nipping (45 to 60 DAS) and wider spacing (75 to 90 cm) was very much effective for good crop canopy and productivity (leaf area index of 5.36), which can be addressed as a solution to the marginal pigeonpea farmers of Tripura for better growth (20.53 nos. of primary branches), yield (1.15 t/ha) and economic returns (37.89 × 103/ha).
Canopy, Economics, Nipping, NEH, Pigeonpea, Spacing, Harvest index
