Field experiment was conducted to investigate the relative performance and the effects of legume intercropping system on productivity of little millet with two different row ratios (4:1 and 6:1) during kharif seasons 2016, at the Centre of Excellence in Millets, Athiyandal, Tiruvannamalai District. Among the intercropping system, little millet +pigeonpea- horsegram (6:1) or little millet+pigeonpea-mothbean (6:1) sequence produced plant height, DMP, productive tillers / plant, thousand grain weight, grain yield, stover yield and little millet grain equivalent yield (LMGEY). Among the two intercrops studied, pigeonpea and lablab yield per hectare was comparatively higher at 4:1 ratio. Sequential crop (horsegram and mothbean) yield was also highly influenced by pigeonpea intercropping. Both horsegram (757 kg / ha) and mothbean yield (658 kg / ha) was higher in 6:1 ratio when intercropped with pigeonpea. The highest gross return (Rs. 86,379 / ha), net return (Rs. 48,209 / ha) and benefit cost ratio () were recorded by little millet intercropped with pigeonpea at 6:1 ratio with horsegram / mothbean as sequence crop. | Studies on Intercropping in Rainfed Littlemillet (Panicum sumatrense)
