The effect of intercropping Additive on yield and yield components of spring barley and vetch

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Azad University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture and Plant Breeding, Azad University, Miandoab Branch, Miandoab, Iran

2 PhD in agriculture and member of the academic faculty of Azad University, Miandoab branch -Miandoab- Iran

Abstract

In order to evaluate yield and yield components in intercropping barley with vetch, a two-year field experiment was conducted at the Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Station of Miandoab. The arrangement consisted of 9 mixing treatments with densities of 200 Vetch plant + 300 Barley plant, 200 Vetch plant + 500 Barley plant, 200 Vetch plant + 700 Barley plant, 400 Vetch plant + 300 Barley plant, 400 Vetch plant + 500 Barley plant, 400 Vetch plant + 700 Barley plant, 600 Vetch plant + 300 Barley plant, 600 Vetch plant + 500 Barley and 600 Vetch plant + 700 Barley plant per square meter and sole culture of both crops. The experimental design was a randomized complete block design with four replications. The result showed The highest spikes per square meter, thousand kernel weight, biological yield, and grain yield in barley were observed in the sole culture of barley. Also, the highest plant height, number of seeds per plant, thousand kernel weight, biological yield, and grain yield in vetch belonged to the sole culture of vetch. However, the highest Land equivalent ratio (LER) belonged to treatments of 200 Vetch plants + 500 Barley plants by 1.49,

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Volume 54, Issue 4
January 2024
Pages 35-46
  • Receive Date: 04 October 2022
  • Revise Date: 23 June 2023
  • Accept Date: 26 June 2023
  • Publish Date: 22 December 2023