Cereallegume intercropping increased dry matter production and grain yield more than their monocultures. Cereallegume intercropping plays an important role in subsistence food production in both developed and developing countries, especially in. However, it should be pointed out that to improve the performance of cereallegume intercropping is not. Two intercropping systems were used in this study, the first system was two corn ridges 70 cm width alternating with another two of soybean 2. Productivity and land use efficiency of maize mungbean. However, the use of land equivalent ratio ler as a measure for calculating the cropping advantage of intercrops over sole crops is too simple. Cropping systems based on carefully designed species mixtures reveal many potential advantages in terms of enhancing crop productivity, reducing pest and diseases, and enhancing ecological services. Intercropping for enhanced yield stability and food security. Publisher summary this chapter describes the various aspects of cereallegume intercropping systems. Various measures of the efficiency of intercropping systems relative to sole. Maizefrench bean gave high maize equivalent yield over sole maize yield hugar and palled, 2008b and kernel yield of maize was unaffected in maizefrench bean intercropping pandita, 2001 and this finding agree with hugar and palled. In addition to resource use efficiency intercropping also plays a significant role in weed suppression due to. The advantages of intercropping over monocropping include soil conservation, lodging resistance, yield increment anil, 1998 and weed control banik et al. Potential role of cereallegume intercropping systems in integrated soil fertility management in smallholder farming systems of subsaharan africa.
In ethiopia, food production for a rapidly growing population from a continually shrinking farm size is a prime developmental challenge. Potential role of cereallegume intercropping systems in. Nevertheless, very little chemical fertilizer is applied to cereallegume intercropping systems, and then only to the main crop, the assumption being that the legume component can fulfil its own requirement. I ntercropping is the simultaneous growing of more than one species in the same field to rise per unit productivity per unit time. Light and nitrogen were the main factors influencing the production. The most important mineral element needed by plants is nitrogen, which legumes can help to provide. Effects of shade on nitrogen and phosphorus acquisition in. Wheat faba bean intercropping system in perspective.
Osiru and willey 1976 confirmed that manipulating the time intervals between growth durations of component crops influences efficiency of cereal legume intercrop systems. Potential role of cereallegume intercropping systems in integrated soil fertility management in smallholder farming systems of subsaharan africa matusso, j. Grain legumecereal intercropping systems request pdf. Pdf potential role of cereallegume intercropping systems in. It was found that paired rows of soybean between two rows of maize under zt system could achieve higher productivity and. The primary reason for intercropping is that it is thought to give higher total yields than monocropping clark and myers 1994. Proceedings of the workshop on research methods for cereallegume intercropping in eastern and southern africa. Intercropping enhances productivity and maintains the most. In an 85day bean and 120day maize combination, a yield advantage of 20% was removed by sowing beans 28 days after maize. Different seeding ratios or planting patterns for cereallegume intercropping have been practiced by many researchers 18 21. Nitrogen transfer from legume to cereal increased the cropping systems yield and. Kenyatta university ku, agricultural resources management department, p.
Competition among 15 mixtures is thought to be the major aspect affecting yield as compared with solitary cropping of cereals 22. An attractive strategy for increasing productivity and labour utilization per unit area of available land is to intensify land use. To investigate the feasibility of applying an intercropping system as a forage supply source to ruminants, two consecutive experiments experiments 1 and 2 involving a field cultivation. Frontiers impact of wheatfaba bean mixed cropping or. Potential role of cereallegume intercropping systems in integrated. Yield and productivity of component crops in a maize. The intercropping of legumes with cereals offers scope for developing energy efficient and sustainable agriculture.
Competition between component crops for light, water and nutrients and agronomic factors such as crop density, sowing date and n application are discussed. Research effect of row ratio in cereallegume fodder under. The main subject of intercropping is to augment total productivity. A number of factors which must be noticified in selecting cereallegume intercropping compositions, especially for forage production, were considered. I will return to this point in a subsequent part of this paper. Economic performance and sustainability of a novel. Rising input costs, decline in soil quality, and buildup of insect pests, diseases and weeds have threatened the ecological and economic sustainability of crop production. It is well documented that intercropping legumes can increase the supply of nutrients, through n 2 fixation and p mobilization. Indian journal of agronomy download ebook pdf, epub. Abstract potential role of cereallegume intercropping systems in.
Journal of agriculture and forest meteorology research. Indeed, diversification of farming systems by increasing the. Effect of intercropping in agronomy hossein moradi. Intercropping of oats with berseem clover provided earlier and greater fodder yields, and increased milk production by as much as 20 litres per cow per month on average compared with traditional practices. Furthermore intercropping is a popular cropping system among small scale farmers in the tropics vandermeer, 1989. Effect of intercropping of legumes and rates of nitrogen. Cereallegume intercropping system have potential to provide nitrogen depends of crop densities, light interception, crop species and nutrients. Maizelablab intercropping is promising in supporting the sustainable intensification of smallholder cropping systems under high climate risk in southern africa volume 56 issue 1 edith rapholo, jude j.
Third ruforum biennial meeting 24 28 september 2012, entebbe, uganda, pp. Effects of nerica cowpea intercropping systems on yield and yield components of cowpea the results indicated considerable increase in pod weight of cowpea with nericas 1 and 2 under sole cropping 1800 and 1420 kgha, respectively. Overall following this agroecological practice in cropping systems could keep contribution to move. The importance of legumes in cereal cropping systems. The objectives of the present study were i to estimate the effect of competition within cereallegume intercropping systems, e. Yields of intercropping are often higher than in sole cropping systems lithourgidis. Intercropping resulted to increase the total productivity per unit area and time and equitable utilization of resources marer et al.
Sustainable intensification with cereallegume intercropping in. In china, particularly, there is a great need for high land productivity due to the small arable land area of only 0. Ecological principles underlying the increase of productivity. Intercropping of legumes and cereals, an old practice since ancient civilization, plays pivotal role to increase land use efficiency, improve income and food production per unit area and minimize the risks of crop failure for small scale farmers. The subsaharan africas population is growing exponentially and it has to fulfill its food and nutrition requirement. Nance department of agronomy and horticultural science, university of sydney. Thus, field experiment was conducted to determine the effect of intercropping of legumes and rates of nitrogen fertilizer on yield and yield. Banik and sharma 2009 reported that cereallegume intercropping systems were superior to monocropping. Pdf intercropping of cereals and legumes for forage. Br 106 was intercropped either with cowpea vigna unguiculata l. A study of intercropping of maize with sweet basil and. Potential role of cereallegume intercropping systems in integrated soil fertility management in. Cereallegume intercropping is a more productive and profitable cropping system in comparison with solitary cropping. The intercropping systems are useful in terms of increasing productivity and profitability, water and radiation use efficiency, control of weeds, pests and diseases.
For example, the potential of cereallegume intercropping system to provide nitrogen depends in density of crop, light interception, crop species and nutrients. Growing legumes in cereal cropping systems is a way to improve and sustain soil fertility and crop yields. Developing countries such as china, india, indonesia, niger, mali and ethiopia have shown considerable interest in intercropping to enhance productivity. Intercropping is the growing of two or more crop species simultaneously in the same field. The intercropping of legumes with cereals offers scope for developing energyefficient and sustainable agriculture. To address those issues, intercropping of cereals with pulse crops could increase total. Legumecereal intercropping improves forage yield, quality.
Field experiments were conducted during summer season 2007 to 2008 at college farm, navsari campus on clayey in texture soils with different cereallegume fodders under sole and intercropping systems for getting higher economics. Intercropping is advanced as one of the integrated soil fertility management practices. Effect of cropping system on soil moisture content, canopy. Maximizing productivity and improving nutrition through. The intercropping of lucerne with oats produced greater green and dm yields than those of sole crops of either legume table 3. The importance of legumes in cereal cropping systems author. Maizelablab intercropping is promising in supporting the. The lentil was one of the first foods ever to have been cultivated. A study of intercropping of maize with sweet basil and borage. Likely available potassium in the soil was increased after planting due to maizeharicotbean intercropping table 1.
Americaneurasian journal of agriculture and environmental science 104. Role of intercropping on yield potential of common vetch. A field study was scheduled to estimate the impact of intercropping of pearl millet with cowpea on forage yield and quality at agronomy research farm, university of agriculture, faisalabad. Associating cereals and legume production either through intercropping or rotations might be a relevant strategy of producing both type of culture, while benefiting from combined. Concurrently, the integration of trees in the agricultural landscape shows increasing evidence of nutrient.
Yield potential and landuse efficiency of wheat and faba. In areas prone to extreme weather conditions, intercropping of staple cereals with pigeonpea has. Maize has reorganized as a component crop in most intercropping. Types of intercropping spatial and temporal patterns several types of intercropping, all of which vary the temporal and spatial mixture to some degree, have been described andrews and kassam, 1976. Yields of intercropping are often higher than in sole cropping systems6 mainly due to resources such as water, light and nutrients that can be utilised more effectively than in sole cropping systems 7.
In particular, cereallegume intercropping is commonly employed in china and. Identification of advantages of maizelegume intercropping. Effects of intercropping on the performance of maize and. In mediterranean region, mixtures of certain annual legumes with winter cereals are used extensively for. The intercropping of sorghum with cowpea in a row ratio of 2. Compatible crop selection is vital in intercropping. Cereallegume intercropping systems 81 1942 who found nh, losses equivalent to 0, and 87% of n when ammonium sulfate was applied to soils of ph 7.
Request pdf on jan 1, 2018, laurent bedoussac and others published grain legumecereal intercropping systems find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. However, forage potential and the degradability of harvested mixtures from intercropping system remain unclear. Different indices for evaluating productivity and efficiency per unit area of land of cereallegume intercrop systems, including land equivalent ratio ler, are compared. Increasing land productivity in agriculture is needed worldwide to sustain growing food demand without claiming more land for agriculture. Pdf types of interaction in intercropping of maize and. Evaluating the intercropping of millet with cowpea for. Legume intercropping systems play a significant role in the efficient utilization of resources. Intercropping legume with cereal is an extensively applied planting pattern in crop cultivation.
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