Economic evaluation of crop management practices under cotton based intercropping system in Vertisol

Economic evaluation of crop management practices under cotton based intercropping system in Vertisol was investigated during 2015-16 and 2016-17 on Research Farm, Department of Soil Science and Agriculture Chemistry, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. The treatments comprised of control (only cotton), and cotton based intercropping systems viz. cotton + dhaincha (1:1), cotton + sunhemp (1:1), cotton + green gram (1:1), cotton + cow pea (1:1), cotton + black gram (1:1), cotton + pigeon pea (6:2) and cotton + soybean (1:1) which were executed in randomized block design with three replications. The highest seed cotton yield, gross monetary return and B: C ratio was registered with cotton + black gram intercropping system (1:1).