Effect of narrow-row planting patterns on crop competitive and economic advantage in maize–soybean relay strip intercropping system

Yang, Feng; Liao, Dunping; Fan, Yuanfang; Gao, Rencai; Wu, Xiaoling; Rahman, Tanzeel; Yong, Taiwen; Liu, Weiguo; Liu, Jiang; Du, Junbo; Shu, Kai; Wang, Xiaochun; Yang, Wenyu

doi:10.1080/1343943x.2016.1224553

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“…Actually, in the maize-soybean strip intercropping systems, annually alternative rotation between maize-and soybean strips has been used to prevent soil continuous cropping obstacles and improve the sustainable production of the farmland. Comparing to successive maize-soybean strip intercropping systems, maize grain yield, absorption amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potasium in maize were increased by 7.5, 18.5, 9.1, and 14.2%, respectively, without significant changes in soybean yield, by annual maize-and soybeanstrip alternative rotation (Yong et al 2015). Alternatively, extra soybean production is obtained without affecting maize yield in current strip intercropping systems, which balances the high crop productivity and sustainability.…”

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Maize-soybean strip intercropping: Achieved a balance between high productivity and sustainability

Han

Gai

et al. 2018

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

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Intercropping is one of the most vital practice to improve land utilization rate in China that has limited arable land resource. However, the traditional intercropping systems have many disadvantages including illogical field lay-out of crops, low economic value, and labor deficiency, which cannot balance the crop production and agricultural sustainability. In view of this, we developed a novel soybean strip intercropping model using maize as the partner, the regular maize-soybean strip intercropping mainly popularized in northern China and maize-soybean relay-strip intercropping principally extended in southwestern China. Compared to the traditional maize-soybean intercropping systems, the main innovation of field lay-out style in our present intercropping systems is that the distance of two adjacent maize rows are shrunk as a narrow strip, and a strip called wide strip between two adjacent narrow strips is expanded reserving for the growth of two or three rows of soybean plants. The distance between outer rows of maize and soybean strips are expanded enough for light use efficiency improvement and tractors working in the soybean strips. Importantly, optimal cultivar screening and increase of plant density achieved a high yield of both the two crops in the intercropping systems and increased land equivalent ratio as high as 2.2. Annually alternative rotation of the adjacent maize-and soybean-strips increased the grain yield of next seasonal maize, improved the absorption of nitrogen, phosphorus and potasium of maize, while prevented the continuous cropping obstacles. Extra soybean production was obtained without affecting maize yield in our strip intercropping systems, which balanced the high crop production and agricultural sustainability.

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Section: Maize-soybean Strip Intercropping Balances Both High Yield and Sustainabilitymentioning

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Maize-soybean strip intercropping: Achieved a balance between high productivity and sustainability

Han

Gai

et al. 2018

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

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“…This problem can only be solved through multiple cropping systems to fulfill the food demand and supply requirements which leads to sustainable agriculture [ 4 ]. The maize-soybean intercropping is one of the most important systems that plays a key role in the sustainability of food production systems [ 5 ]. The maize-soybean intercropping system has great importance among the legume-cereal intercropping systems because of its maximum yield and efficient use of resources [ 6 , 7 ].…”

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Agro-Techniques for Lodging Stress Management in Maize-Soybean Intercropping System—A Review

Raza

Asghar

Ahmad

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Lodging is one of the most chronic restraints of the maize-soybean intercropping system, which causes a serious threat to agriculture development and sustainability. In the maize-soybean intercropping system, shade is a major causative agent that is triggered by the higher stem length of a maize plant. Many morphological and anatomical characteristics are involved in the lodging phenomenon, along with the chemical configuration of the stem. Due to maize shading, soybean stem evolves the shade avoidance response and resulting in the stem elongation that leads to severe lodging stress. However, the major agro-techniques that are required to explore the lodging stress in the maize-soybean intercropping system for sustainable agriculture have not been precisely elucidated yet. Therefore, the present review is tempted to compare the conceptual insights with preceding published researches and proposed the important techniques which could be applied to overcome the devastating effects of lodging. We further explored that, lodging stress management is dependent on multiple approaches such as agronomical, chemical and genetics which could be helpful to reduce the lodging threats in the maize-soybean intercropping system. Nonetheless, many queries needed to explicate the complex phenomenon of lodging. Henceforth, the agronomists, physiologists, molecular actors and breeders require further exploration to fix this challenging problem.

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“…The higher the density of plants, the more plant population per unit area, so that nutrient competition between plants is tighter. As a result, plant growth will be disrupted, and crop production will decline (Pangli, 2016 andYang et al, 2017).…”

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The Effect of Plant Density at the Maize-Soybean Intercropping Pattern Inoculated With Mycorrhizae and Organic Fertilizer to the Growth and Yield in Dry Land North Lombok, Indonesia

Astiko¹,

Ernawati²,

Silawibawa³

2020

IJISRT

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To avoid the risk of crop failure in a dry land, which is poor in organic matter and at the same time can increase the yield of maize and soybeans, intercropping cultivation techniques and the provision of organic materials are needed. This research aimed to determine the effect of plant density on the intercropping pattern of maize soybean inoculated with mycorrhizae and the addition of organic fertilizers to the growth and yield of maize soybean in dryland North Lombok. This research was conducted at Akar-Akar village in Bayan district of North Lombok. The experimental design with Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three blocks and five treatments intercropping patterns, i.e., P1 = 2 rows of corn: 2 rows of soybeans, P2 = 3 rows of corn: 2 rows of soybeans, P3 = 3 rows of corn: 3 rows of soybeans, P4 = 4 rows of corn: 2 rows of soybeans, P5 = 4 rows of corn: 3 rows of soybeans. Data were analyzed using two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey's HSD (Honestly Significant Difference) means-tested at a 5% level of significance. The results showed that the intercropping density of 3 maize rows: 3 rows of soybean show the best growth and yield. Growth and yields on intercropping plant density treatment of 3 rows of maize : 3 rows of soybeans gave the highest yields on the wet and dry weight of maize cobs and soybean pods per plant, as well as the wet and dry weight of biomass, maize cobs and soybean pods per plot with the best results if compared to the density of other intercropping plants. The intercropping density of 3 maize rows: 3 rows of soybeans can also increase the number of spores and the percentage of mycorrhizae infections compared to other intercropping treatments.

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Effect of narrow-row planting patterns on crop competitive and economic advantage in maize–soybean relay strip intercropping system

Abstract: Yang (2017) Effect of narrow-row planting patterns on crop competitive and economic advantage in maize-soybean relay strip intercropping system,

Cited by 37 publications

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Maize-soybean strip intercropping: Achieved a balance between high productivity and sustainability

Maize-soybean strip intercropping: Achieved a balance between high productivity and sustainability

Agro-Techniques for Lodging Stress Management in Maize-Soybean Intercropping System—A Review

The Effect of Plant Density at the Maize-Soybean Intercropping Pattern Inoculated With Mycorrhizae and Organic Fertilizer to the Growth and Yield in Dry Land North Lombok, Indonesia

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