Abstract
To evaluate the impact of foxtail millet-legume intercropping on millet growth, yield, and grain quality, a field experiment was conducted using three foxtail millet (Setaria italica (L.) P.Beauv.) genotypes (cv. 'Dabaigu', 'Jizhanggu 5', and 'Jinmiao K1') intercropped with three legume species (red adzuki bean, mung bean, and red kidney bean) in a 1:1 row replacement design. The study assessed the responses of millet to intercropping across phenological stages. The highest land equivalent ratio (LER) was recorded for the Dabaigu/red adzuki bean combination, indicating superior resource-use efficiency. During the seedling and booting stages, sole cropping significantly increased plant height, flag leaf chlorophyll content, and dry weights of leaves, stems, and panicles compared with intercropping. At heading, intercropping improved single-leaf area and dry matter accumulation. By maturity, sole cropping showed a trend of increased panicle traits; however, intercropped millet exhibited significantly higher grain nutritional quality, including crude protein, crude fat, amylose content, and gelatinization viscosity. A significant negative correlation was observed between yield-related agronomic traits and grain quality parameters. These findings offer valuable insights into optimizing millet-legume intercropping systems for enhancing resource efficiency and nutritional value under dryland conditions in North China.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Dabaigu with red adzuki bean had the highest land equivalent ratio.
- Taxon
- foxtail millet
Setaria italicat0 - Material
- Dabaigue0
- Treatment
- Dabaigu/red adzuki bean combinatione0
- Outcome
- land equivalent ratio (LER)e0
- Direction
- higheste0
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Verbatim
e0“The highest land equivalent ratio (LER) was recorded for the Dabaigu/red adzuki bean combination”
t0“Foxtail millet”
Claim · model-written summary
Sole cropping increased seedling and booting-stage height and chlorophyll.
- Taxon
- foxtail milletSetaria italicat0
- Organ / stage
- seedling and booting stagese0
- Treatment
- sole croppinge0
- Outcome
- plant height, flag leaf chlorophyll contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- intercroppinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“During the seedling and booting stages, sole cropping significantly increased plant height, flag leaf chlorophyll content, and dry weights of leaves, stems, and panicles compared with intercropping”
t0“Foxtail millet”
Claim · model-written summary
Sole cropping increased leaf, stem and panicle dry weights at seedling and booting stages.
- Taxon
- foxtail milletSetaria italicat0
- Organ / stage
- seedling and booting stagese0
- Treatment
- sole croppinge0
- Outcome
- dry weights of leaves, stems, and paniclese0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- intercroppinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“During the seedling and booting stages, sole cropping significantly increased plant height, flag leaf chlorophyll content, and dry weights of leaves, stems, and panicles compared with intercropping”
t0“Foxtail millet”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping increased leaf area and dry matter accumulation at heading.
- Taxon
- foxtail milletSetaria italicat0
- Organ / stage
- headinge0
- Treatment
- intercroppinge0
- Outcome
- single-leaf area and dry matter accumulatione0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“At heading, intercropping improved single-leaf area and dry matter accumulation”
t0“Foxtail millet”
Claim · model-written summary
Sole cropping tended to increase panicle traits at maturity.
- Taxon
- foxtail milletSetaria italicat0
- Treatment
- sole croppinge0
- Outcome
- panicle traitse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- a trende0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“By maturity, sole cropping showed a trend of increased panicle traits”
t0“Foxtail millet”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropped millet had significantly higher crude protein, crude fat and amylose.
- Taxon
- millete0
- Treatment
- intercropped millete0
- Outcome
- crude protein, crude fat, amylose contente0
- Direction
- highere0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“intercropped millet exhibited significantly higher grain nutritional quality, including crude protein, crude fat, amylose content, and gelatinization viscosity”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropped millet had significantly higher gelatinization viscosity.
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“intercropped millet exhibited significantly higher grain nutritional quality, including crude protein, crude fat, amylose content, and gelatinization viscosity”
Claim · model-written summary
Yield traits correlated negatively with grain quality.
- Taxon
- foxtail milletSetaria italicat0
- Outcome
- grain quality parameterse0
- Direction
- negative correlatione0
- Comparator
- yield-related agronomic traitse0
Not reportedMaterial
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A significant negative correlation was observed between yield-related agronomic traits and grain quality parameters”
t0“Foxtail millet”
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