Claim · model-written summary
Maize-lablab bean intercropping significantly increased crude protein yield by 22.9%–25.9% compared with forage maize monoculture.
- Treatment
- maize-lablab bean intercroppinge0
- Outcome
- crude protein yielde1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 22.9%–25.9%e1
- Comparator
- forage maize (Zea mays L.) monoculturee0
- Setting
- arid region of Northwest Chinat1
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“three planting modes, including forage maize (Zea mays L.) monoculture (M), lablab bean (Lablab purpureus L.) monoculture (L), and maize-lablab bean intercropping (ML) were used”
e1“compared with M, the ML treatment significantly increased the fresh forage yield (9.8%–17.0%), hay yield (9.5%–13.1%), crude protein yield (22.9%–25.9%), and WP (7.8%–8.7%)”
t1“arid region of Northwest China”
Title
Maojian Wang; Wei Shi; Muhammad Kamran; et al. Agricultural Water Management 2024. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2024.108876
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Maintaining maize-lablab bean intercropping significantly increased fresh forage yield by 9.8%–17.0% compared with forage maize monoculture.
- Intervention effect Maize-lablab bean intercropping significantly increased hay yield by 9.5%–13.1% compared with forage maize monoculture.
- Intervention effect Maize-lablab bean intercropping significantly increased WP by 7.8%–8.7% compared with forage maize monoculture.
- Intervention effect The W5 treatment gave similar fresh forage yield, hay yield and crude protein yield to the W6 treatment.
- Intervention effect The W5 treatment reduced irrigation water by 25% compared with the W6 treatment.
- Intervention effect The W5 treatment increased WP by 21.9%–24.8% compared with the W6 treatment.
- Observation Maize-lablab bean intercropping achieved a water equivalence ratio of 1.52–1.81.
- Observation Maize-lablab bean intercropping achieved a land equivalence ratio of 1.56–1.84.
- Intervention effect The W6 treatment had the lowest WER and LER.
- Association Excessive irrigation can reduce the efficiency of utilizing land and water resource in forage maize production.
- Intervention effect ML–W5 achieved the highest net income and output to input ratio among all treatments.
- Recommendation Intercropping of forage maize and lablab bean with moderate deficit irrigation at an early stage could be used as a high-yield and efficient forage production system in arid northwest China.