Assessment of short duration pigeonpea varieties for higher productivity and accommodate Rabi crops in double cropping system under rainfed condition

ICAR-Krishi vignan kendra, Raddewadgi, conducted the on farm trials of short duration varieties of pigeonpea, GC-11-39, PRG-176 and PUSA-16 with two spacing 45x30 cm and 90 x 30 cm under vertisol by adopting standard package of practices like providing the farm yard manure at the rate of 10 tonne per ha and nitrogen was supplied in the form of urea and phosphorus was given through di ammonium phosphate (DAP), in time weeding was done in the farmers field of in three villages of Kalaburgi districts viz, Rasanagi village (Jevargi, block) Beeranahalli (Chittapur, block) and Raddewadgi (Jewargi block) during the year 2021-22 under rainfed condition. Among the different varieties under study the short duration variety PRG-176 with adopting the spacing of 90x30 cm recorded higher seed yield (24 q per hectare), gross returns (Rs.1,44,300), Net returns (Rs. 1,09,000) and BC ratio (4.12). How ever short duration variety released from IARI, New Delhi, PUSA-16 recorded higher per day productivity (19.89 kg/day) that mature in just 92 days which facilitate sowing of Rabi season crop on time, the farmer can adopt PUSA-16 under double cropping system involving the pigeonpea fallowed by Rabi Jowar or safflower or Chickpea.