A field experiment was undertaken to study the effect of nutrient management on yield and yield attributes of groundnut and available nutrient status in soil after harvest in groundnut + baby corn (3:1) intercropping system at MARS Raichur, during the kharif 2018 with eight treatments replicated thrice in a randomized complete block design. Groundnut + baby corn (3:1) intercropping system receiving 125 per cent RDF only to groundnut produced the higher number of filled pods plant^-1 (14.08), 100 kernel weight (27.50 g), shelling percentage (65.08 %) and pod yield (1170 kg/ha), which was at par with the treatment that received 100 per cent RDF to both groundnut and baby corn with corresponding values of (13.90, 26.98 g, 64.62 % and 1126 kg/ha, respectively).Treatment fertilized with 100 per cent RDF to both the component crops in groundnut + baby corn (3:1) intercropping system resulted in higher groundnut equivalent yield (2237 kg/ha) and was at par with the groundnut + baby corn intercropping system receiving 50 per cent RDF of groundnut and 100 percent RDF of baby corn with groundnut equivalent yield of 2104 kg/ha.Groundnut + baby corn (3:1) system with 100 percent RDF to both the crops registered higher soil available nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (214.4, 22.5 and 228.9 kg/ha, respectively).

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