Abstract
Investigations into the feasibility of intercropping of lentil in gram planted in strips of three rows (80 cm between strips and 20 cm between rows) were carried on a sandy clay loam soil. The treatments included: gram alone, lentil alone, gram + one row of lentil, gram + two rows of lentil and gram + three rows of lentil. The re-sults revealed that pods/plant and seed yield were influenced significantly by various gram-lentil intercropping systems. Whereas, one, two and three rows of lentil in gram strips reduced [he gram yield by 23.6, 28.4 and 39.1%, respectively over gram alone. However, this loss of gram yield was compensated by the additional harvest of 4.5, 6.1 and 6.7 quintals per hectare of one, two and three rows of lentil, respec-tively.
