Potentiality of Colocasia Intercrop Under Naturally Occurring Palmyra Palm (Borassus flabellifer L.)

The study was conducted with five replications in Randomized Block Design (RBD), which consist of four tree density treatments viz. T₁: 16 palmyra trees, T₂: 23 palmyra trees, T₃: 29 palmyra trees and T₄: 41 Palmyra trees and T0: Control/Open plot. In each plot tuber crop Taro (Colocasia esculenta) was grown. Leaves of Colocasia per plot (5147.67) and BCR (1: 6.56) were registered significantly maximum when grown under highest density of Palmyra palm and it gradually decreased with decrease in density of palmyra palm. Fruit and Neera yield of palmyra palm (326.08 kernels/plant and 4.08 l/plant, respectively) were higher in least density of palmyra palm.