Role of Intercropping in Increasing Sustainable Crop Production and Reducing the Food Gap in Egypt

Awaad, Hassan Auda; El-Naggar, Nehal

doi:10.1007/698_2017_164

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“…The ideal soil pH for P absorption needs to be reevaluated, according to Frida et al [42]. However, organic matter concentration significantly affects yield response to P and should be taken into account in addition to pH [43]. Recent studies in Ethiopia and Germany, Wang et al [44] and von Nasar et al…”

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Mitigating Plant and Soil Health Options through Climate Resilient Maize-Mungbean Based Intercropping for Rainfed Agriculture

Khan,

Mujtaba,

Anwar

et al. 2023

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An experiment was conducted at National Agricultural Research Council (NARC), Islamabad to evaluate the response of intercropping in maize and mungbean with implementation of vermicompost (VMC) and chemical fertilizer (CF). The experiment was laid down in RCBD with split plot arrangement having three replications. The main treatments were cropping practices; sole maize (SM), sole mungbean (SM) and intercropped maize mungbean (M-Mb) though sub treatments included nutrient management practices; vermicompost (VMC) and chemical fertilizer (Urea + DAP) (CF). The data was recorded for plant parameters of chlorophyll content (mg/g), rate of photosynthesis (µmol/s), intercellular CO2 (ppm), protein content (%) and grain yield (kg/ha) while soil parameters that were estimated included are; soil pH, electric conductivity (dS/m), cation exchange capacity (cmol/kg), exchangeable Ca (cmol/kg), exchangeable Mg (cmol/kg), soil organic matter content (%), available N (ppm), available P (ppm), available K (ppm). The analysis of the data revealed that all of the studied traits were significantly affected by the intercropping. The increased value of chlorophyll content (67.12 and 61.07 mg/g) was obtained in intercropped maize-mungbean (M-Mb) with vermicompost (VMC) treatment, maximum rate of photosynthesis (25.33 and 20.76 µmol/s) was obtained by maize and mungbean in maize-mungbean (M-Mb) intercropping along with vermicompost (VMC) treatments. Correspondingly, protein content (28.15 and 16.43 %) and grain yield (9246.1 and 1610.71 kg/ha) for maize and mungbean were improved by the application of maize-mungbean (M-Mb) and vermicompost (VMC) treatments. There was also increase in the values of soil pH EC (6.44), CEC (44.31 cmol/kg), exchangeable Ca (6.42 cmol/kg), exchangeable Mg (2.21 cmol/kg), SOM content (0.78%), available N (2.98 ppm), available P 18.67 ppm) and available K 198.76 ppm) with the implementation of vermicompost and maize-mungbean intercropping treatments. Overall, the study revealed that intercropping is a best way of increasing crop yield and quality along with the amendment of vermicompost, also bringing positive changes in the soil properties and health.

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Mitigating Plant and Soil Health Options through Climate Resilient Maize-Mungbean Based Intercropping for Rainfed Agriculture

Khan,

Mujtaba,

Anwar

et al. 2023

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“…Average rate of atmospheric nitrogen fixed by mungbean is 34 kg ha -1 annually (Torabian et al, 2019;Khan et al, 2020). Mungbean seed yield decreases when it is intercropped with sugarcane, sunflower and cereals but it increases the productivity of land (Awaad and El-Naggar, 2018). Beside agronomic practices there are two main important factors i.e.…”

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Optimizing the Growth and Yield of Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) Cultivars by Altering Sowing Dates

Ali¹,

Arooj²,

Khan³

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Agroecology as Agricultural Practices for Sustainable Management in North African Countries

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Belmalha,

Rehali

et al. 2023

Int. J. Plant Prod.

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Role of Intercropping in Increasing Sustainable Crop Production and Reducing the Food Gap in Egypt

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Mitigating Plant and Soil Health Options through Climate Resilient Maize-Mungbean Based Intercropping for Rainfed Agriculture

Mitigating Plant and Soil Health Options through Climate Resilient Maize-Mungbean Based Intercropping for Rainfed Agriculture

Optimizing the Growth and Yield of Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) Cultivars by Altering Sowing Dates

Agroecology as Agricultural Practices for Sustainable Management in North African Countries

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