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- Title
Agronomic and Economic Evaluation for Intercropping between Chewing Cane and Peanut.
- Authors
Yufeng LIU; Yumo TAN; Dan LLANG; Yongming LAI
- Abstract
[Objectives] To explore the proper intercropping pattern between chewing cane and peanut. [Methods] A field experiment was carried out to investigate the yield and economic benefit of chewing cane and peanut, as well as the changes in soil properties under different chewing cane/peanut intercropping patterns. Three chewing cane/peanut intercropping patterns were designed, in which with every row of chewing cane intercropping one row of peanut (CP1), intercropping two rows of peanut (CP2) and chewing cane mono-cropping (MC). [ Results] It had no significant effect on the agronomic characters of chewing cane and peanut in CP1, and CP2, compared with MC. The soil properties before the planting (BP) and after the harvest (AH) indicated that the chewing cane/peanut intercropping patterns significantly increased soil organic matter and soil available nitrogen contents, but decreased soil available potassium contents, and CP2 had better effect on soil structure than CP1. The total production value and economic benefit were increased significantly on the CP1 and CP2, comparing the MC, and the benefit of CP2 was higher significantly than that of CP1. The land equivalent ratios (LER) for CP1 and CP2 were 1.94 and 1.72, respectively, which was significantly higher than that of MC (0.83). Although planting cost was increased in chewing cane/peanut intercropping patterns partly, the production value and the profits were enhanced significantly. [ Conclusions] CP2 could be significantly advantageous for the yield and benefits of chewing cane and peanut and soil properties. The favorable intercropping pattern for economic return would be one row of 120 cm width for chewing cane with two rows of peanut.
- Publication
Asian Agricultural Research, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1943-9903
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.19601/j.cnki.issn1943-9903.2022.02.001