introduction intercropping, the agricultural practice of cultivating two or more crops in the same space at the same time, is an old and commonly used cropping practice which aims to match efficiently crop demands to the available growth resources (agegnehu et al., 2006; dhima et al., 2007). intercropping of chickpea with linseed reduced the chickpea yield by 60.3%, although linseed occupied on...

Yield and nutrient acquisition advantages are frequently found in intercropping systems. However, there are few published reports on soil fertility in intercropping relative to monocultures. A field experiment was therefore established in 2009 in Gansu province, northwest China. The treatments comprised maize/faba bean, maize/soybean, maize/chickpea and maize/turnip intercropping, and their cor...

Choosing the species suitable for cultivation in intercropped systems is a critical limiting factor grain and forage production. This study aimed to evaluate growth, nodulation, production, physiology of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) guandu bean (Cajanus cajan) with buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) Eucalyptus urograndis (Eucalyptus grandis × urophylla) an integrated production system. Two experime...

in order to study the productivity and competition ability of sesame and mung bean, a field experiment was conducted in agriculture faculty of shahid chamran university of ahvaz at 2012. experimental design was split-plot based of rcb with 3 replications. main plot included 2 planting patterns and sub-plots included 5 plant density ratios. our result showed that both 50 & 75 cm inter-rows in 50...

Intercropping induces the diseases decreasing, and yield increasing, may partly due to the improvement of microclimate in fields. In order to understand the mechanism and efficiency of resource utilization in intercropping of maize (Zea mays) and soybean (Glycine max), a field experiment was conducted as factorial on the bases of randomized complete block design of three patterns with three rep...

Due to drastic socio-economic changes traditional intercropping systems in China are endangered. New high yielding intercropping systems that can easily be mechanized have to be developed. By using environmental resources more efficiently intercropping often produces higher yields compared to monocropping. Solar radiation as the strongest growth factor plays a key role when designing new interc...

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)/faba bean (Vicia faba L.) intercropping shows significant overyielding and high nitrogen (N)-use efficiency, but the dynamics of plant interactions have rarely been estimated. The objective of the present study was to investigate the temporal dynamics of competitive N acquisition between intercropped wheat and faba bean with the logistic model. Wheat and faba bean w...

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate the fresh mass scarlet eggplant (kg/pl) and number leaves chicory (nºf/pl) in relation spacing used by farmers region for both crops. experiment evaluated these crops under intercropping cultivation system, varying rows between as well harvests (cycle each crop), monocropping systems. treatments were T1= 0.7x1.1 m (monocropping); T2= intercropped e...

Bio-economic efficiency of different cotton-based intercropping systems was determined at the Agronomic Research Area, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, (Pakistan) during 1996-97 and 1997-98. Cotton cultivar NIAB-78 was planted in 80-cm apart single rows and 120-cm spaced double row strips with the help of a single row hand drill. Intercropping systems were cotton alone, and cotton + mungb...