Paper Details

Effect of different intercropping patterns on yield and yield components of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) and Mungbean (Vigna radiate L.)

Safar Nasrollahzadeh, Sajjad Shaker-Koohi

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.12692/ijb/4.12.117-123

Int. J. Biosci. 4(12), 117-123. June, 2014. (PDF)

Abstract:

Intercropping is considered for increasing and stability of yield per average unit. In order to evaluate the effect of planting patterns on yield and yield components of sorghum and mungbean, an experiment conducted in 2013 at the Research Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, as randomized complete block design with seven treatments and three replications. The treatments were included pure stands for both species, row intercropping and four levels strip intercropping 2:1, 3:1, 1:2 and 1:3 for sorghum and mungbean number of rows per strip, respectively. The results showed that the maximum LAI for sorghum and mungbean obtained in (2:1) and (sole cropping of mungbean) treatments, respectively. The effect of different intercropping on number of grains per pod was not significant. The grain yield and number of grains per panicle of sorghum were significantly affected by different patterns of culture. Also, the highest (33.93%) Harvest index (HI) of sorghum was obtained in (2:1) treatment.