Performance of Intercrops in Mulberry Garden and Their Impacts on Quality Mulberry Leaf Production

摘要

An investigation was carried out to know the effects of different intercrops viz., clusterbean, greengram, soybean, gingelly and cowpea on growth and yield parameters of mulberry, Moms alba L. The mulberry intercropped with clusterbean and cowpea recorded maximum number of branches per plant (14.00 and 12.25), number of leaves per plant (297.5 and 228.0) and shoot length (112.1 cm and 107.0 cm) and were found to be statistically superior over the mulberry without intercrop. Maximum leaf area index was registered in clusterbean (4.28). The leaf production of mulberry was boosted up by 13.40 and 11.25 per cent, when the clusterbean and cowpea respectively were intercropped. Similarly, higher leaf equivalent yield of intercrops was also observed in clusterbean (6736 kg/ ha) intercropped situation.