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Effects of sorghum-mung bean intercropping and nutrient solutions on fruit growth indicators

DOI: 10.31830/2348-7542.2024.ROC-1113    | Article Id: ROC-1113 | Page : 416-424
Citation :- Effects of sorghum-mung bean intercropping and nutrient solutions on fruit growth indicators. Res. Crop. 25: 416-424
BASHEER A. ABRAHEEM, I. H. H. AL-HILFY, H. M. K. AL-ABODI, A. M. MAHDI AND KH. A. SALMAN basher.abd@coagri.uobaghdad.edu.iq
Address : Department of Field Crops Sciences, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Submitted Date : 3-08-2024
Accepted Date : 14-08-2024
Online Published:

Abstract

The success or failure of intercropping is determined by the balance between plant symbiosis or competition, and nutrients appear to be of paramount importance in this situation. Competition for nutrients may be the limiting factor for growth and yield. Therefore, supplying the plants with nutrients contained in the nutrient’s solution used in hydroponics may reduce competition for nutrients. Therefore, a factorial experiment was conducted using the RCBD design in the fall season of 2023, at the Office of Agricultural Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Abu Ghraib, Iraq, to study the response of some fruit growth indicators of sorghum and mung bean under an intercropping system with five patterns: 1:0, 0:1, 1:1, 1:2, and 2:1 (Sorghum: Mung bean). The plant densities for both plants were 200,000, 133,333.33, 100,000, and 66,666.66 plants per hectare, according to the pattern, representing the main factor. The levels of spraying with the nutrient solution Abeer were 0%, 25% and 50%. The results indicated that the 2:1 planting pattern significantly outperformed all other patterns in the yield of individual sorghum plants (g/plant). Conversely, the 1:0 pattern significantly outperformed the other patterns in total yield (t/ha). For mung bean, the 0:1 pattern showed significant superiority in both individual plant yield (g/plant) and total yield (t/ha). Regarding the total land equivalent ratio (LER), the 2:1 pattern significantly outperformed the other patterns. In terms of the competitive ratio (CR), sorghum exhibited a higher competitive ability than mung bean, with CR values of 1.83, 1.57, and 3.72 in the 1:1, 2:1 and 1:2 patterns, respectively. In contrast, mung beans’ CR values were 0.56, 0.66 and 0.30, respectively. Additionally, sorghum demonstrated increased competitiveness against mung bean as its density decreased, achieving the highest Aggressivity (A) value with a significant difference in the 1:2 pattern. This gave mung bean a competitive edge in the 2:1 pattern, making it more aggressive than sorghum.

Keywords

Aggressivity competitive ratio land equivalent ratio mung bean plant nutrition sorghum.

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