EFFECT OF PRECEDING CROPS AND RELAY INTERCROPPING COTTON WITH FABA BEAN UNDER DIFFERENT PLANT DISTRIBUTION OF FABA BEAN IN RELATION TO YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS. | ||
| Journal of Plant Production | ||
| Article 1, Volume 29, Issue 11, November 2004, Pages 6037-6047 PDF (3.15 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2004.238868 | ||
| Authors | ||
| S. A. Saleh,; S. E. Toaima; Wafaa Kh. Mohammed | ||
| Crops intensification Research Sec. Field Crops Research Inst. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Two field trials were carried out at Sids Agricultural Research Station, Beni Suief Governorate during 2001! 2002 and 2002!2003 seasons to study the effect of preceding summer crops, i.e. (maize, sunflower and soybean) and relay intercropping cotton with faba bean under different faba bean plant distributions; 10, 20 and 30 cm on the side and top of ridges. Cotton was planting on the other side of ridge. The experimental design was split-split plots with three replications, preceding summer crops were put in main plot, whereas plant distributions were allocated in the sub- plots and the intercropping systems were applied in sub-sub plots. Results could be summarized as follows: Data indicated that preceding summer crops had significant effect on faba bean plant height, weight of pods! plant and seed yield! fed. On the other hand, all the cotton traits were not significantly affected. Increasing hill spaces from 10 cm to 30 cm led to decreaing in plant height and seed yield of faba bean! fed., but the other yield components increased by increasing hill spaces. Moreover, all studied traits of cotton were not significantly affected by hill spaces of faba bean intercropped. Relay intercropping cotton with faba bean had significant effect on weight of pods! plant and seed yield! fed of faba bean. On the other hand, no significant effect on cotton characters under study was shown. Interactions showed only in faba bean with preceding crops x hill spaces. Plant height and seed yield! fed recorded the highest values with 10 cm space and preceded by soybean. Whereas, weight of pods! plant showed the highest values with 30 cm space and preceded by soybean. All the interactions of cotton were not significant. Total income was 3971.2 L.E when cotton was grown as relay intercropping with faba bean, compared with 2964.50 L.E as the net income of faba bean and cotton when grown as solid crop (equal 10076.7 L.E. as net income). In general, it can be stated that relay intercropping cotton with faba bean could be used as an improved planting technique of cotton. | ||
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