Identification of best maize-legume based cropping systems under conservation agriculture practices for Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia
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چکیده
Cereal crops especially maize production in Ethiopian Central Rift Valley is affected by biotic and abiotic production. This study was conducted for two seasons (2015-2016) the best cropping system identified using Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The experiment had six treatments (1) Continuous mono-cropping under conventional practice (CN), (2) continuous mono conservation agriculture (CA) (3) relay double bean planting within a season (maize inter-cropping: second round after immediate harvesting of first bean), (4) Double inter sole lablab), (5) bean) (6) (bean maize). In 2016, highest biomass yield maximum water use efficiency were obtained from value 16050 kg/ha 31 kg mm-1, respectively. Maize-bean outperformed CA CN 182 138% grain yield. Water higher than maize) 366 197% 2015 For biomass, similar 18 mm-1. diverse planted together: inter-cropping at different time (relay cropping) are good options residual soil moisture to sustainably improve crop productivity. Key words: Conservation; system; lablab; efficiency.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Plant breeding and Crop Science
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2006-9758']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5897/jpbcs2020.0928