INTERCROPPING OF DIFFERENT VEGETABLES AND FIELD SPICES WITH BRINJAL (SOLANUM-MELONGENA)

A 2-year field experiment was conducted during winter season of 1991-9 2 and 1992-93 to study the performance of brinjal (Solanum melongena L .) as a main crop and its intercropping with 'Pusa Desi' radish (Rapha nus sativus L.), 'Pusa Parvati' french bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), ' White Vienna' knolkohl (Brassica oleracea L. var gongylodes L.), 'Meth i 47' fenugreek (Trigenella foenum-graecum L.) and local coriander (Co riandrum sativum L.). The highest yield of brinjal (16.23 tonnes/ha) w as recorded in the monocrop (brinjal alone), followed by brinjal + fre nch bean (16.08 tonnes/ha). In terms of benefit: cost ratio, brinjal french bean intercropping was most remunerative (1.99).