The yield and quality of fresh and ensiled plant material from intercropped maize (<i>Zea mays</i>) and beans (<i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i>)

Dawo, Mohamed I.; Wilkinson, J. M.; Sanders, F. E.; Pilbeam, David J.

doi:10.1002/jsfa.2879

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“…In addition, as long as there is adequate protein available, maize silage has a high starch content and is a useful high-energy feed for cows (e.g. Dawo et al 2007). Silage production has remained fairly stable in most of Europe in recent decades but there has been a shift towards maize silage in some countries (e.g.…”

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Mycotoxins in small grains and maize: Old problems, new challenges

Miller

2008

Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A

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This paper reviews the challenges relating to chronic contamination of small grains and maize with deoxynivalenol and related compounds, fumonisin and the use of ensiled cereals in cool dairy areas. Uncertainties in the tolerable daily intakes for deoxynivalenol and fumonisin are discussed as they have the potential to affect current regulatory limits. In addition, climate change is resulting in more extreme rainfall and drought events which favour formation of deoxynivalenol and fumonisin, respectively. The development and refinement of models for predicting mycotoxin accumulation from weather data will become an essential tool for managing these events. Such models are also important for providing timely food aid to developing countries, which experience increased occurrence of acute toxicities, especially in children. Chronic contamination of silage in some areas with some Penicillium toxins deserves more attention in terms of their economic effects and possible implications for the purity of milk.

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Mycotoxins in small grains and maize: Old problems, new challenges

Miller

2008

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“…The main purpose of intercropping is to minimize the risk of crop failure and reduce income risks due to unstable market prices for a given commodity. Much research has dealt with the improvement of forage quality through intercropping [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] by investigating the effects of different proportions of leguminous plants. Legume-maize mixtures can be used as a local, protein-rich forage [20], while also having a positive ecological impact by increasing the soil fertility due to the N fixation by rhizobia in symbiosis with legumes [21,22].…”

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Effect of Sowing Method and Weed Control on the Performance of Maize (Zea mays L.) Intercropped with Climbing Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

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Abstract:Maize is grown on a large area in Germany and there is a growing concern in society about negative environmental effects related to this. The objective of the study was to test the performance of mixtures of maize and climbing beans as an alternative to monocropped maize under different site and management conditions. The effects of sowing density of maize and beans as well as the sowing time of beans on total dry matter (DM) yield and bean DM contribution to the total yield were investigated. Further, various mechanical and chemical weed control methods were tested and the resulting total DM yield was compared with that of a reference treatment (manual weeding). Hardly any consistent yield difference between maize/bean mixtures and monocropped maize occurred. The proportion of beans varied over a wide range among sites and was consistently higher when beans were sown at an early growth stage of maize. Mixtures did not suppress weeds efficiently and at two of the three sites their yield clearly declined with increasing weed coverage in the mixtures. A weed coverage of up to circa 10% may be tolerated, as the corresponding yield reduction is less than 1 t ha −1 . Considering the additional effort (i.e., two sowings, high costs for bean seeds, complicated weed control) in managing such mixtures, it can be concluded that maize/bean mixtures can currently hardly be recommended as an alternative to monocropped maize for feedstock production.

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“…The outcome of that study indicated an increased ratio of soybean in intercrops increased the CP contents. There was a report by Dawo et al (2007) in which CP concentration increased by 22% in the mixture when corn proportion in the mixture decreased by 50%. Results in the present study were in agreement with other studies where legumes also increased CP concentration when in a mixture with corn (Ibrahim et al, 2006;Dawo et al, 2007;Ayub et al, 2008;Dahmardeh et al, 2009).…”

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“…There was a report by Dawo et al (2007) in which CP concentration increased by 22% in the mixture when corn proportion in the mixture decreased by 50%. Results in the present study were in agreement with other studies where legumes also increased CP concentration when in a mixture with corn (Ibrahim et al, 2006;Dawo et al, 2007;Ayub et al, 2008;Dahmardeh et al, 2009). Higher forage DM yield with considerable protein content is the ultimate goal of a smallholder farmer when intercropping is practiced (Sadeghpour et al, 2013).…”

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Effect of intercropping of corn and soybean on dry matteryield and nutritive value of forage corn

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Ghasemzadeh

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Cereal-based forage production could be considered to have potential to supply great deal of energy-rich feed in animal diets. Experiment was conducted to evaluate effect of corn-soybean combinations of 75:25, 50:50 and 25:75 in addition to monocrops of corn and soybean to detremine forage dry matter (DM) yield and quality in corn-soybean intercropping. The crop combination ratio had significant effects on dry matter yield and nutritive quality of forage. The ratio of 75:25 and 50:50 recorded DM yields similar to those of monocropped corn (14.77 t/ha). Forage quality in terms of crude protein (CP) (75:25 ratio 12.75%, 50:50 ratio 13.73% and 25:75 ratio 14.68%) was improved by intercropping due to higher nitrogen availability for corn in intercropping compared with its sole crop (10.83% CP). Increase ratio of corn in corn-soybean mixture, negatively affectd neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF) of forage and declined with increasing ratio of soybean plants. Combination ratio of 50:50 gave higher protein yield (1886.45 kg/ha) than other crop combination ratio. Among all the combination ratios, the 50:50 corn-soybean ratio was the optimum giving highest forage yield, protein content as well as protein yield.

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The yield and quality of fresh and ensiled plant material from intercropped maize (Zea mays) and beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)

Cited by 46 publications

References 13 publications

Mycotoxins in small grains and maize: Old problems, new challenges

Mycotoxins in small grains and maize: Old problems, new challenges

Effect of Sowing Method and Weed Control on the Performance of Maize (Zea mays L.) Intercropped with Climbing Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Effect of intercropping of corn and soybean on dry matteryield and nutritive value of forage corn

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