Effects of Different Planting Pattern of Maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) and Soybean (<i>Glycine max</i> (L.) Merrill) Intercropping in Resource Consumption on Fodder Yield, and Silage Quality — Oak Academic Publishing
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Effects of Different Planting Pattern of Maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) and Soybean (<i>Glycine max</i> (L.) Merrill) Intercropping in Resource Consumption on Fodder Yield, and Silage Quality
State Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Tillage in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Healthy Feeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
1 State Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Tillage in Northwestern Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
2 Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Healthy Feeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
3 College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
An experiment was carried out at the field units of the north campus experi mental areas in Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling , Shaanxi Province, P. R. China. The experiment was conducted on summer season (June to September) to determine the effects of different planting patterns of maize and soybean intercropping in resource consumption on fodder yield and silage quality. The main treatments were one sole crop of maiz e (SM) and four maize-soybean intercropping patterns (1 row maize to 1 row soybean (1M1S), 1 row maize to 2 rows soybean (1M2S), 1 rows maize to 3 rows soybean (1M3S) and 2 rows maize to 1 row soybean (2M1S), respectively. The experiment was a randomized complete block design with three replications, and plot size of 12 m by 5 m. The crops were harvested when the maize reached at milk stage and soybean at R7 stage. The result indicated significant increase in fresh biomass and dry matter production of maize fodder alone as compared to maize intercropped with soybean fodder. It was correlated with a higher consumption of environmental resources, such as photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and soil moisture by intercropping. After 45 days of ensiling period, silage samples were analyzed for pH, organic acids (Lactic, acetic, and butyric) , dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE), neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid detergent fibre (ADF), calcium (Ca), sodium (Na), phosphorus (P), magnesium (Mg), and potassium (K). It was concluded that in all intercropped silages, crude protein (CP) values were higher (1M1S, 12.1%; 1M2S, 12.2%; 1M3S, 12.4%; 2M1S, 12.1%) than the monocrop maize (SM, 8.7%) silage. Higher organic acids (p < 0.05) were produced in the 1M3S silages as compared to others silages. The study indicated that among all intercropped silages, the 1M3S (1 row maize to 3 rows soy bean) was preferable according to nutrient composition than other inter cropped silages.
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