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Effects of Intercropping Maize with Pigeon Peas on Grain Yield and Nutrient Uptake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

R. C. Dalal
R. C. Dalal
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Science, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad
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Summary

Intercropping maize with pigeon peas, in a mixed stand or in alternate rows, significantly reduced the grain yield of maize but not of pigeon peas. Maize grown alone produced the maximum grain yield ha.−1 week−1, whereas maize and pigeon peas grown in alternate rows produced maximum proteins ha.−1 week−1 and absorbed the maximum amounts of potassium, calcium and magnesium. Pigeon peas grown in a pure stand produced minimum grain yield and proteins ha.−1 week−1, and absorbed minimum amounts of nutrients. The problem of intercropping maize with pigeon peas under optimum nitrogen fertilization is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , July 1974 , pp. 219 - 224
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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