relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/6348/
title: Preliminary studies of intercropping combinations based on pigeonpea or sorghum
creator: Rao, M R
creator: Willey, R W
subject: Pigeonpea
subject: Sorghum
description: Various intercrops were examined in an alternate row pattern with pigeonpea or sorghum on both Alfisol (red soil) and Vertisol (black soil). The slow-establishing and later-maturing pigeonpea combined well with earlier cereals and legumes to give very large yield advantages as measured by the Land Equivalent Ratio. In the pigeonpea/cereal combinations, the earlier the cereal the bigger the yield advantage tended to be, attributed to improved use of resources over time as the difference in maturity periods of the component crops increased. Sorghum was generally more competitive than pigeonpea and intercropping advantages tended to be less. But even where there was little difference in maturity periods of the component crops, both sorghum/legume and sorghum/cereal combinations gave substantial and statistically significant advantages, suggesting that improved ‘spatial’ use of resources was also important
publisher: Cambridge University Press
date: 1980
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/6348/1/S5%20%20%20%202043.pdf
identifier:   Rao, M R and Willey, R W  (1980) Preliminary studies of intercropping combinations based on pigeonpea or sorghum.  Experimental Agriculture, 16 (1).  pp. 29-39.  ISSN 0014-4797     
relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S001447970001067X