Yield and intercropping indices of sweet corn and okra grown in young rubber plantation

Intercropping is a labor-intensive practice largely adopted by smallholder farmers to increase yield per unit area, cope with crop failures and market fluctuations, meet food preferences farm income. A field experiment was conducted examine the performances intercropping efficiencies of sweet corn okra planted in young rubber plantation. The treatments were arranged Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) three replications. ratios 20% + 80% (strip strip relay intercropping) sole as control. This consists strips (okra on same date), (sweet 4 weeks after planting), corn. highest obtained from while produced pattern intercropping. However, economic analysis showed that recorded maximum gross margin costbenefit ratio RM 17,733.20 ha-1 2.09, respectively. Immature growth unaffected crops. Strip not only resulted higher land equivalent (1.29), but also area time ratio, % saved monetary advantage index 1.14, 22.28% 7,583.50 ha-1, respectively compared assessment based relative crowding coefficient 4.56. With regard competition between intercrops, more dominant species measured positive value aggressivity. indicated lowest competitive than Thus, this could be recommended for adoption.