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Effects of Intercropping Maize or Sorghum with Cowpeas, Pigeon Peas or Beans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

B. A. C. Enyi
B. A. C. Enyi
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Morogoro, W., Tanzania
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Summary

Intercropping maize or sorghum with pigeon peas, cowpeas or beans led to a reduction in leaf area indices, fresh weight yield at time of anthesis, straw yield at harvest and grain yield of the cereal crops. In sorghum, pigeon peas and cowpeas had a greater adverse effect on grain yield than beans, but with maize, beans and cowpeas had a more adverse effect on grain yield than pigeon peas. While intercropping maize with either beans or cowpeas decreased total yield of grain (cereal and legume) per hectare, intercropping sorghum with pigeon peas increased total grain yield per hectare.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 1973 , pp. 83 - 90
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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