Naim, A.M.E. and Kilali, B.A. and Hassan, A.E. and Ahmed, M.F. (2013) Agronomic Evaluation of Sorghum and Cowpea Intercropped at Different Spatial Arrangements. Journal of Renewable Agriculture , 1 (2). pp. 11-16.
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Abstract
Field experiment was conducted at Gedarif state at two locations for two consecutive seasons (2006 and 2007) under rain-fed conditions, to investigate the effects of intercropping sorghum and cowpea on the performance of sorghum and cowpea. The experiment consisted of six treatments; sole sorghum crop, sole cowpea crop and four spatial arrangements of 2:2, 1:1, 2:1 and 1:2 rows for sorghum alternated with cowpea. Treatments were arranged in a randomized complete block design with four replications. Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) was used to evaluate the productivity. In general, the results indicated that yield significant differences among the spatial arrangements. 1:1 arrangement obtained the highest values of sorghum panicle weight (57g), sorghum grain yield (1079kg/ha), sorghum hay weight (5572kg/ha) and combined total hay weight (7337kg/ha) for both sorghum and cowpea. Moreover, the best total LER (2.11) was obtained under 1:1 spatial arrangement.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Intercropping, Cowpea, Sorghum, Land Equivalent Ratio |
| Author Affiliation: | Department of Crop Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, University of Kordofan, Elobeid, Sudan |
| Subjects: | Plant Production Soil Science and Microbiology |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Mr. SanatKumar Behera |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2013 08:22 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Jun 2013 08:22 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.12966/jra.05.01.2013 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/10716 |
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