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Row Arrangements of Maize and Soybean Intercrop on Silage Quality and Grain Yield

2019; Canadian Center of Science and Education; Volume: 11; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5539/jas.v11n2p286

1916-9760

Vanderson Vieira Batista, Paulo Fernando Adami, Pedro Valério Dutra de Moraes, Karine Fuschter Oligini, Cleverson Luiz Giacomel, Lucas Link,

Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems

The success of maize + soybean intercrop depends on the plant arrangement. An experiment was carried out to evaluate different row arrangements on intercrop forage yield, silage quality and maize grain yield in relation to maize as a sole crop. The experiment was set up with a randomized complete block design with eight row arrangements between maize and Soybean. Maize biomass yield among crop arrangements were similar, although, lower than the maize sole crop. On the other hand, these treatments showed higher soybean biomass yield, which in turn increased silage crude protein and crude protein yield per unit area. Maize thousand grain weight, grain yield per plant and per area was affected by the intercrop arrangements. The use of two corn rows + two soybean rows (2M+2S-30 cm) and four corn rows + four soybean rows (4M+4S-30 cm) showed higher crude protein yield per area associated with similar maize grain yield in relation to the sole maize crop. In conclusion, alternating four maize rows with four soybean rows was the optimum row ratio in maize + soybean intercrop, though this needs to be further confirmed by more trials.