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Effects of Planting Schedule and Intercropping on Green Gram (Phaseolus Aureus) and Bulrush Millet (Pennisetum Americanum) in Tanzania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

K. W. May
K. W. May
Affiliation:
Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Science, University of Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Tanzania
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Summary

Experiments in Tanzania have shown that green gram planted one week before bulrush millet produced a complimentary protein energy balance optimal for a cereal–legume diet. Grain yields were increased due to additive intercropping (by 13%) and replacement intercropping (27%). Green gram plants were more competitive than bulrush millet plants at the seedling stage but were overpowered in later growth stages.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , April 1982 , pp. 149 - 156
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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