Abstract
Cereal and legume intercropping increase the quality of forage. This experiment was conducted to study the sole cropping of maize (Zea mays) and cowpea (vigna sinesis) as well as their intercropping in three different seed ratios like maize + cowpea (55 + 45%), maize + cowpea (65% + 35%), maize + cowpea (75% + 25%) under two tillage systems ( zero tillage and conventional tillage) and their impact on quality and yield of forage. This study was laid out in randomized complete block design with split plot arrangement having with three replications during spring season 2015 and 2016. Results depicted that intercropping significantly affect the forage yield and quality as compared to sole cropping of maize and cowpea. Tillage system having non-significant effect on forage quality but effect significantly on yield. In all intercropping treatment land equivalent ratio (LER) was recorded high indicating that yield advantages for intercropping as compared to sole cropping. Land equivalent ratio (LER) was observed maximum in maize + cowpea (65% + 35%) followed by maize + cowpea (55% + 45%). Crude protein in case of forge quality was increased by intercropping of legumes. It is the reason that nitrogen availability increases for maize in intercropping than its sole crop. Forage production in intercropping of cowpea concentration with maize causes to increase the crude protein and ash content. It is concluded that quantity and quality of intercropped maize-cowpea is increased and requirement to protein is decreased as compared to sole maize-cowpea
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping significantly affected forage yield and quality relative to sole cropping.
- Taxon
- maize and cowpea
Vigna unguiculata
Zea mayse0 - Treatment
- intercroppinge0
- Outcome
- forage yield and qualitye0
- Comparator
- sole cropping of maize and cowpeae0
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e0“intercropping significantly affect the forage yield and quality as compared to sole cropping of maize and cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Tillage did not significantly affect forage quality.
- Taxon
- Maize and CowpeaVigna unguiculataZea mayst0
- Treatment
- Tillage systeme0
- Outcome
- forage qualitye0
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e0“Tillage system having non-significant effect on forage quality”
t0“Maize and Cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Tillage significantly affected forage yield.
- Taxon
- Maize and CowpeaVigna unguiculataZea mayst0
- Treatment
- Tillage systeme0
- Outcome
- yielde0
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e0“Tillage system having non-significant effect on forage quality but effect significantly on yield”
t0“Maize and Cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
All intercropping treatments had high land equivalent ratios indicating yield advantage over sole cropping.
- Taxon
- Maize and CowpeaVigna unguiculataZea mayst0
- Treatment
- intercropping treatmente0
- Outcome
- land equivalent ratio (LER)e0
- Direction
- highe0
- Comparator
- sole croppinge0
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e0“In all intercropping treatment land equivalent ratio (LER) was recorded high indicating that yield advantages for intercropping as compared to sole cropping”
t0“Maize and Cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
The 65% maize and 35% cowpea mixture had the maximum land equivalent ratio.
- Taxon
- Maize and CowpeaVigna unguiculataZea mayst0
- Treatment
- maize + cowpea (65% + 35%)e0
- Outcome
- Land equivalent ratio (LER)e0
- Direction
- maximume0
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Verbatim
e0“Land equivalent ratio (LER) was observed maximum in maize + cowpea (65% + 35%)”
t0“Maize and Cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Legume intercropping increased crude protein.
- Taxon
- Maize and CowpeaVigna unguiculataZea mayst0
- Treatment
- intercropping of legumese0
- Outcome
- Crude proteine0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Crude protein in case of forge quality was increased by intercropping of legumes”
t0“Maize and Cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Cowpea intercropping with maize increased forage ash content.
- Taxon
- Maize and CowpeaVigna unguiculataZea mayst0
- Treatment
- intercropping of cowpea concentration with maizee0
- Outcome
- ash contente0
- Direction
- increasee0
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Verbatim
e0“Forage production in intercropping of cowpea concentration with maize causes to increase the crude protein and ash content”
t0“Maize and Cowpea”
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