Abstract
The success of maize + soybean intercrop depends on the plant arrangement. An experiment was carried out to evaluate different row arrangements on intercrop forage yield, silage quality and maize grain yield in relation to maize as a sole crop. The experiment was set up with a randomized complete block design with eight row arrangements between maize and Soybean. Maize biomass yield among crop arrangements were similar, although, lower than the maize sole crop. On the other hand, these treatments showed higher soybean biomass yield, which in turn increased silage crude protein and crude protein yield per unit area. Maize thousand grain weight, grain yield per plant and per area was affected by the intercrop arrangements. The use of two corn rows + two soybean rows (2M+2S-30 cm) and four corn rows + four soybean rows (4M+4S-30 cm) showed higher crude protein yield per area associated with similar maize grain yield in relation to the sole maize crop. In conclusion, alternating four maize rows with four soybean rows was the optimum row ratio in maize + soybean intercrop, though this needs to be further confirmed by more trials.
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
Maize biomass yield in the intercrop arrangements was lower than in the maize sole crop.
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Verbatim
e0“Maize biomass yield among crop arrangements were similar, although, lower than the maize sole crop”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize biomass yield was similar among the intercrop row arrangements.
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Verbatim
e0“Maize biomass yield among crop arrangements were similar, although, lower than the maize sole crop”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
The intercrop arrangements showed higher soybean biomass yield.
- Taxon
- Soybean
Glycine maxt0 - Outcome
- soybean biomass yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
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Verbatim
e0“these treatments showed higher soybean biomass yield”
t0“Soybean”
Claim · model-written summary
The higher soybean biomass in turn increased silage crude protein and crude protein yield per unit area.
- Taxon
- Maize and SoybeanGlycine max
Zea mayst0 - Outcome
- silage crude protein and crude protein yield per unit areae0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“which in turn increased silage crude protein and crude protein yield per unit area”
t0“Maize and Soybean”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize thousand grain weight, grain yield per plant and grain yield per area were affected by the intercrop arrangements.
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Maize thousand grain weight, grain yield per plant and per area was affected by the intercrop arrangements”
Claim · model-written summary
The 2M+2S-30 cm arrangement (two corn rows + two soybean rows) showed higher crude protein yield per area than the sole maize crop.
- Treatment
- two corn rows + two soybean rows (2M+2S-30 cm)e0
- Outcome
- crude protein yield per areae0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- sole maize crope0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The use of two corn rows + two soybean rows (2M+2S-30 cm) and four corn rows + four soybean rows (4M+4S-30 cm) showed higher crude protein yield per area associated with similar maize grain yield in relation to the sole maize crop”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
The 4M+4S-30 cm arrangement (four corn rows + four soybean rows) showed higher crude protein yield per area than the sole maize crop.
- Treatment
- four corn rows + four soybean rows (4M+4S-30 cm)e0
- Outcome
- crude protein yield per areae0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- sole maize crope0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The use of two corn rows + two soybean rows (2M+2S-30 cm) and four corn rows + four soybean rows (4M+4S-30 cm) showed higher crude protein yield per area associated with similar maize grain yield in relation to the sole maize crop”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
The 2M+2S-30 cm arrangement gave maize grain yield similar to the sole maize crop.
- Treatment
- two corn rows + two soybean rows (2M+2S-30 cm)e0
- Outcome
- maize grain yielde0
- Direction
- similare0
- Comparator
- sole maize crope0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The use of two corn rows + two soybean rows (2M+2S-30 cm) and four corn rows + four soybean rows (4M+4S-30 cm) showed higher crude protein yield per area associated with similar maize grain yield in relation to the sole maize crop”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
The 4M+4S-30 cm arrangement gave maize grain yield similar to the sole maize crop.
- Treatment
- four corn rows + four soybean rows (4M+4S-30 cm)e0
- Outcome
- maize grain yielde0
- Direction
- similare0
- Comparator
- sole maize crope0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The use of two corn rows + two soybean rows (2M+2S-30 cm) and four corn rows + four soybean rows (4M+4S-30 cm) showed higher crude protein yield per area associated with similar maize grain yield in relation to the sole maize crop”
t0“Maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Alternating four maize rows with four soybean rows was the optimum row ratio in maize + soybean intercrop, pending confirmation by more trials.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“alternating four maize rows with four soybean rows was the optimum row ratio in maize + soybean intercrop, though this needs to be further confirmed by more trials”
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