Performance of medicinal plants in Melia dubia based silvo-medicinal plant system

An experiment on performance of medicinal plants as intercrops in Melia dubia based silvo-medicinal system under using organic system cultivation practices was conducted during 2019-20 and 2020-21 in a farmer’s field at College of Agriculture, Bheemarayanagudi, UAS, Raichur. Eight medicinal plants viz., Coriandrum sativum, Trachyspermum ammi, Ocimum basilicum, Ocimum sanctum, Withania somanifera, Cymbopogon citratus, Adhatoda vasica and Andrographis paniculata were planted in one and half year old Melia dubia plantation placed at 2 m x 1 m spacing. Higher economic yield in terms of herbage yield was observed in Cymbopogon citratus (62.30 q ha^-1) followed by Adhatoda vasica (38.25 q ha^-1). Lower economic yield was observed in Coriandrum sativum, Trachyspermum ammi, Withania somanifera and Andrographis paniculata.