FATHIMA UMKHULZUM S.*, SHARU S. R. AND SHALINI PILLAI P.
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram-695 522, Kerala Agricultural University (Kerala), India *(e-mail: fathimaummu93@gmail.com)
(Received: 12 June; Accepted: 28 June 2026)
SUMMARY
The study entitled ‘Production potential of row intercropping in palisade grass (Brachiaria brizantha) with fodder legumes in different ratios’ was conducted at the Instructional Farm at College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram during the Kharif 2023. The field experiment was conducted with the objective of assessing the fodder production potential of palisade grass intercropped with three fodder legumes viz. fodder cowpea, stylo and horse gram in two row ratios viz. 2:1 and 2:2. The experiments were laid out in randomized block design with 10 treatments in 4 replications. The treatments were: T1 – palisade grass: fodder cowpea in 2:1 row ratio; T2 – palisade grass: stylo in 2:1 row ratio; T3 – palisade grass: horse gram in 2:1 row ratio; T4 – palisade grass: fodder cowpea in 2:2 row ratio; T5 – palisade grass: stylo in 2:2 row ratio; T6 – palisade grass: horse gram in 2:2 row ratio; T7 – sole crop of palisade grass; T8 – sole crop of fodder cowpea; T9 – sole crop of stylo and T10 – sole crop of horse gram. Fertilizer recommendation of 300:75:75 kg NPK/ha for palisade grass; 25:60:30 kg NPK/ha for sole crops of fodder cowpea and horse gram and 20:80:30 kg NPK/ha for sole crop of stylo, were followed. Row intercropping with horse gram at a ratio of 2:2 was found to be superior in terms of plant height, number of tillers, green fodder yield and dry fodder yield of palisade grass.
Key words: Palisade grass, Fodder cowpea, Stylo, Horse gram, Intercropping, Row ratio