Abstract
A field experiment was carried out at Arab El- Awammer Research Station, Agric. Res. Center. Assiut Governorate during summer seasons of 2013 and 2014. The present study assessed the effect of cowpea with maize intercropping on yield and its components. The experiment comprised of three treatments (sole cowpea, sole maize and cowpea-maize intercrop). The experimental design was a randomized complete block with four replications. Results indicated that intercropped maize plants with cowpea, exhibited greater potentiality and resulted in higher values of most of the studied criteria viz., plant height, number of ears/plant, number of rows/ear, number of grains/row, grains weight/ear, 100–grain weight and straw and grain yields. Fresh and dry forage yields of cowpea were lower in intercropping with maize than sole. Furthermore, the combined of the two seasons revealed that the total Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) between cowpea and maize was 1.65. The Aggressivity (A) maize was 0.45 and cowpea was -0.45. This showed that maize was the dominant crop, whereas cowpea was the dominated. The Competitive Ratio (CR) indicated that maize more competitive than cowpea, maize was 1.75 and cowpea was 0.57. The Actual Yield Loss (AYL) maize was 0.05 and cowpea was -0.40. The Monetary Advantage Index (MAI) was 2360.80.
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Claims 13
Claim · model-written summary
In the cowpea-maize intercrop, maize had higher plant height, ears per plant and rows per ear than sole maize.
- Treatment
- intercropped maize plants with cowpeae1
- Interactor
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatae1other - Outcome
- plant height, number of ears/plant, number of rows/eare3
- Direction
- highere2
- Qualifier
- most of the studied criteriae2
- Comparator
- sole maizee0
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Verbatim
e0“The experiment comprised of three treatments (sole cowpea, sole maize and cowpea-maize intercrop)”
e1“intercropped maize plants with cowpea”
e2“resulted in higher values of most of the studied criteria”
e3“plant height, number of ears/plant, number of rows/ear”
Claim · model-written summary
In the cowpea-maize intercrop, maize had higher numbers of grains per row, grain weight per ear and 100-grain weight than sole maize.
- Treatment
- intercropped maize plants with cowpeae1
- Interactor
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae1other
- Outcome
- number of grains/row, grains weight/ear, 100–grain weighte4
- Direction
- highere2
- Qualifier
- most of the studied criteriae2
- Comparator
- sole maizee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The experiment comprised of three treatments (sole cowpea, sole maize and cowpea-maize intercrop)”
e1“intercropped maize plants with cowpea”
e2“resulted in higher values of most of the studied criteria”
e4“number of grains/row, grains weight/ear, 100–grain weight”
Claim · model-written summary
In the cowpea-maize intercrop, maize had higher straw and grain yields than sole maize.
- Treatment
- intercropped maize plants with cowpeae1
- Interactor
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae1other
- Outcome
- straw and grain yieldse5
- Direction
- highere2
- Qualifier
- most of the studied criteriae2
- Comparator
- sole maizee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The experiment comprised of three treatments (sole cowpea, sole maize and cowpea-maize intercrop)”
e1“intercropped maize plants with cowpea”
e2“resulted in higher values of most of the studied criteria”
e5“straw and grain yields”
Claim · model-written summary
Fresh and dry forage yields of cowpea were lower when intercropped with maize than in sole cowpea.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae6
- Treatment
- intercropping with maizee6
- Outcome
- Fresh and dry forage yieldse6
- Direction
- lowere6
- Comparator
- sole cowpeae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The experiment comprised of three treatments (sole cowpea, sole maize and cowpea-maize intercrop)”
e6“Fresh and dry forage yields of cowpea were lower in intercropping with maize than sole”
Claim · model-written summary
The total Land Equivalent Ratio between cowpea and maize in the intercrop was 1.65.
- Taxon
- cowpea and maizeVigna unguiculata
Zea mayse7 - Outcome
- Land Equivalent Ratio (LER)e7
- Value
- 1.65e7
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Verbatim
e7“total Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) between cowpea and maize was 1.65”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize had an aggressivity of 0.45 in the cowpea-maize intercrop.
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e4“The Aggressivity (A) maize was 0.45 and cowpea was -0.45”
Claim · model-written summary
Cowpea had an aggressivity of -0.45 in the cowpea-maize intercrop.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae4
- Outcome
- Aggressivity (A)e4
- Value
- -0.45e4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“The Aggressivity (A) maize was 0.45 and cowpea was -0.45”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize was the dominant crop and cowpea the dominated crop in the intercrop.
- Outcome
- dominant crope5
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e5“maize was the dominant crop, whereas cowpea was the dominated”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize had a Competitive Ratio of 1.75 in the intercrop, more competitive than cowpea.
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e6“The Competitive Ratio (CR) indicated that maize more competitive than cowpea, maize was 1.75 and cowpea was 0.57”
Claim · model-written summary
Cowpea had a Competitive Ratio of 0.57 in the intercrop, lower than maize.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae6
- Outcome
- Competitive Ratio (CR)e6
- Direction
- lowerinferrede6
- Value
- 0.57e6
- Comparator
- maizee6
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Verbatim
e6“The Competitive Ratio (CR) indicated that maize more competitive than cowpea, maize was 1.75 and cowpea was 0.57”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize had an Actual Yield Loss of 0.05 in the intercrop.
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e7“The Actual Yield Loss (AYL) maize was 0.05 and cowpea was -0.40”
Claim · model-written summary
Cowpea had an Actual Yield Loss of -0.40 in the intercrop.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae7
- Outcome
- Actual Yield Loss (AYL)e7
- Value
- -0.40e7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e7“The Actual Yield Loss (AYL) maize was 0.05 and cowpea was -0.40”
Claim · model-written summary
The Monetary Advantage Index of the cowpea-maize intercrop was 2360.80.
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Verbatim
t0“Maize (Zea Mays L.)”
e0“The Monetary Advantage Index (MAI) was 2360.80”
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