Vol. 9, Special Issue 1, Part K (2025)

A field experiment was conducted during the kharif seasons of 2021 and 2022 on organically certified field at Organic Farming Research and Training Centre (OFRTC), Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (MPKV), Rahuri, District Ahmednagar, (M.S.) on medium black soils to evaluate the performance of different crops in pigeonpea based intercropping system. The treatments comprised of seven sole cropping systems viz., T₁-Sole Pigeonpea, T₂-Sole Onion, T₃-Sole Cauliflower, T₄-Sole Greengram, T₅-Sole Soybean, T₆-Sole Sesame, T₇-Sole Pearlmillet and six pigeonpea based intercropping systems viz., T₈ - Pigeonpea + Onion (1:8), T₉ - Pigeonpea + Cauliflower (1:3), T₁₀ - Pigeonpea + Greengram (1:5), T₁₁ - Pigeonpea + Soybean (1:5), T₁₂ - Pigeonpea + Sesame (1:5) and T₁₃ – Pigeonpea + Pearlmillet (1:5). These treatments were randomized appropriately and each treatment replicated thricely during both the years of research trial. On the basis of two years experimental results, the nitrogen, phosphrous and potassium content (per cent) in seed and stover/stalk of Pigeonpea as well as protein content (per cent) in grains was not influenced significantly due to intercropping of different crops on pooled mean basis. While the total uptake (by seed and stover/stalk) of nitrogen (97.29, 102.73 and 100.01 kg ha^-1), phosphorus (11.72, 13.33 and 12.52 kg ha^-1) and potassium (55.01, 58.90 and 56.95 kg ha^-1) was recorded significantly highest with treatment T₁ (Sole Pigeonpea) as compared to rest of the intercropping system treatments during first year, second year and on pooled mean basis, respectively.