Abstract
The effect of intercropping some forage legumes on biomass yield of legumes and grain yield of maize was determined in Raya azobo woreda weinlaem tabia using complete block design (RCBD). The legumes included lablab purperous and cowpea ( vigna unguculata ) and the treatments were sole maize, Maize-lablab, maize-cowpea, sole lablab and sole cowpea and 9 replications. The result indicated that intercrop forage legumes with maize significantly affected the growth and grain yield of maize (P<0.01) where the sole maize yielded the highest 3056 kg/ha and lower 2305 kg for maizecowpea integration. Plant height was significantly affected (P<0.01) among maize intercrops where the longest were Sole maize (220.25cm) and no significant different was observed between sole lablab, lablab –maize, cowpea and its intercrops the number of nodules was significantly higher for intercrops than mono crops however numbers of pods per plant were higher for sole crops than intercrops number of cobs and seeds per cob was higher P<0.05) for sole crops than other integrations. The higher LER was obtained from cowpea intercrops (1.71) and maize l-lablab (1.65) which indicates the intercropping of maize-cowpea and maize-lablab was advantageous than mono crop maize. The higher land equivalent ration and the higher net return of 17276ETB for maizecowpea and 15707 ETB from maize-lablab intercrops showed that intercropping maize with lablab and cowpea is recommended for Raya and others with similar agro ecology
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Claim · model-written summary
Sole maize had higher grain yield than maize–cowpea integration.
- Treatment
- maizecowpea integratione0
- Outcome
- grain yield of maizee0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Value
- 2305 kge0
- Qualifier
- 3056 kg/hae0
- Comparator
- sole maizee0
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Verbatim
e0“intercrop forage legumes with maize significantly affected the growth and grain yield of maize (P<0.01) where the sole maize yielded the highest 3056 kg/ha and lower 2305 kg for maizecowpea integration”
Claim · model-written summary
Sole maize had the longest plants among the maize intercrops.
- Treatment
- maize intercropse0
- Outcome
- Plant heighte0
- Direction
- longeste0
- Value
- 220.25cme0
- Comparator
- Sole maizee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plant height was significantly affected (P<0.01) among maize intercrops where the longest were Sole maize (220.25cm)”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercrops had more nodules than monocrops.
- Taxon
- cowpea and lablab
Vigna unguiculata
Lablabt0 - Treatment
- intercropse0
- Outcome
- number of nodulese0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- mono cropse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the number of nodules was significantly higher for intercrops than mono crops”
t0“cowpea and lablab”
Claim · model-written summary
Sole crops had more pods per plant than intercrops.
- Taxon
- cowpea and lablabVigna unguiculataLablabt0
- Treatment
- intercropse0
- Outcome
- numbers of pods per plante0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- sole cropse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“numbers of pods per plant were higher for sole crops than intercrops”
t0“cowpea and lablab”
Claim · model-written summary
Sole crops had more cobs and seeds per cob than intercrops.
- Treatment
- other integrationse0
- Outcome
- number of cobs and seeds per cobe0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- sole cropse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“number of cobs and seeds per cob was higher P<0.05) for sole crops than other integrations”
t0“maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Cowpea intercrops had land equivalent ratio 1.71.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae0
- Outcome
- LERe0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 1.71e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The higher LER was obtained from cowpea intercrops (1.71)”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize–lablab intercrops had land equivalent ratio 1.65.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maize l-lablab (1.65)”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize–cowpea intercrops returned 17276ETB.
Verbatim
e0“the higher net return of 17276ETB for maizecowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize–lablab intercrops returned 15707 ETB.
Verbatim
e0“15707 ETB from maize-lablab intercrops”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend maize intercropping with lablab and cowpea for Raya and similar areas.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“intercropping maize with lablab and cowpea is recommended for Raya and others with similar agro ecology”
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