Potato Journal

  • Year: 1995
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue: 3 & 4

Intercropping of onion and fennel with Potato

  • Author:
  • S.C. Khurana, A.K. Bhatia1
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 140 to 145

1Deptt. of Vegetable Crops, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar - 125004 (Haryana).

Abstract

Onton and fennel were grown as intercrops in potato. Tuber yield was not reduced by the intercrop when Kufri Badshah was the variety, however, ev. JH-222 recorded a reduction of about 21% due to onion (seed crop) and 8% due to fennel. When intercrop was grown with Kufri Badshah, yield of intercrop (onion seed crop) was reduced by 55–87% while with JH-222 its yield was reduced by 30–36% only. Net return increased when onion or fennel was grown as intercrop in potato compared with sole crop of potato. Net return increased further when recommended dose for intercrop was also added to the intercropped plots. Return from potato + onton was higher than crops of potato + fennel.