Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Intercropping added 15 to 75% gross returns for sorghum in the 1976 rainy season.

A claim from Effects of Intercropping on Yield and Returns in Corn and Sorghum · 1980

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Intercropping added 15 to 75% gross returns for sorghum in the 1976 rainy season.

Taxon
sorghumSorghume0
Treatment
intercroppinge0
Outcome
gross returnse0
Direction
Additionale0
Value
15 to 75%e0
Qualifier
1976 rainy seasone0
Comparator
pure cropse0

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Sorghum
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“Additional gross returns due to intercropping ranged from 24 to 76% in corn (1975–76 winter) and 4 to 56% in corn and 15 to 75% in sorghum (1976 rainy season) compared to pure crops”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 293–474

Title

Effects of Intercropping on Yield and Returns in Corn and Sorghum

K. Anand Reddy; K. Raj Reddy; M. Devender Reddy Experimental Agriculture 1980. doi:10.1017/s0014479700010887

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intercropping · yield · SorghumResults differ

165 papers: 118 positive, 47 negative or no effect

117 papers in the same direction as this claim · 42 in the opposite direction · 5 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. positive
    Intercropping met the objective of securing some cowpea production without reducing sorghum yield on most occasions.

    Intercropping Sorghum with Cowpea in Dryland Farming Systems in Botswana. I. Field Experiments and Relative Advantages of Intercropping · 1987

    Same directionCites this paper

  2. positive
    Mixed cropping gave a better yield of the base crop (sorghum).

    Effects of Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor (l) Moench) and Groundnut (Arachis Hypogaea l) İntercropping on Some Soil Chemical Properties and Crop Yield Under Rain-Fed Conditions · 2013

    Same directionCites this paper

  3. negative
    Intercropping maize or sorghum with legumes reduced leaf area indices, fresh weight yield at anthesis and straw yield.

    Effects of Intercropping Maize or Sorghum with Cowpeas, Pigeon Peas or Beans · 1973

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Intercropping reduced FS-16 sorghum yield by 14%.

    Relative Yield Totals and Yield Components of Intercropped Sorghum and Soybeans1 · 1978

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Ruziziensis grass intercropping did not reduce sorghum grain yield.

    Performance of Grain Sorghum and Forage of the Genus Brachiaria in Integrated Agricultural Production Systems · 2020

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    Intercropping with mung bean significantly reduced sweet sorghum grain yield in both seasons except ASR staggered seeding in the dry season.

    Effects of legume type, planting pattern and time of establishment on growth and yield of sweet sorghum-legume intercropping · 2012

    Opposite direction

  7. negative
    Cowpea intercropping reduced sorghum grain yield by 77–93%.

    Integrating Legumes as Cover Crops and Intercrops into Grain Sorghum Production Systems · 2018 · compared with monocropped sorghum

    Opposite direction

  8. negative
    Relay forage sorghum yielded 37% of monoculture forage sorghum.

    Multiple Cropping Systems in Small Grains in Northeast Nebraska · 1990 · compared with monoculture forage sorghum

    Opposite direction

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