COMPATIBILITY OF INTERCROPPING GREENGRAM (PHASEOLUS-RADIATUS) AND SESAME (SESAMUM-INDICUM) IN RAIN-FED COTTON (GOSSYPIUM SPECIES)

An experiment was conducted during the rainy seasons (kharif) of 1992- 93, 1993-94 and 1994-95 at Diphu, to study the compatibility of interc ropping pr greengram (Phaseolus radiatus L.) and sesame (Sesamum indic um L.) under rainfed conditions. Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) significantly outyielded desi cotton(Gossypium arboreum L.) in terms of seed-cotton yield. Both upland and desi cottons as sole crops were significantly inferior to their respective intercropped treatments in terms of cotton-equivalent yield. Intercropping or greengram and sesam e provided significantly higher net return than sole cotton. Both the seeding methods were round equally effective.