FORAGE YIELD AND QUALITY OF SOYBEAN-MAIZE INTERCROPPING

摘要

The research was conducted to evaluate the ef-fects of sole sowing and intercropping of maize and soybean with different sowing patterns and harvest stages on forage growth,yield and quality, A split plot experiment in randomized block design (RCBD)was established in Adana, Turkey in 2010 and 2011 cropping seasons. Sowing patterns of the intercrop-ping maize with soybean were l row maize to l row soybean (M1),1 row maize to 2 rows soybean(M2), 2 rows maize to 1 row soybean (M3)in the alterate rows or 1 maize+1 soybean(M4),1 maize+2 soy-beans(M5),2 maize+1 soybean(M6) in the same row, respectively. The forage was harvested at two different growth stages of maize such as the milk and dough stages. Intercropping of maize and soybean in the same row produced a significantly higher green herbage and dry matter(DM) yields than their inter-cropping in the alternate rows. Our results suggested that intercropping of maize and soybean with a sow-ing pattem lM-1S or IM-2S in the same row and harvesting these intercrops at dough stage of maize could be suggested for higher DM yield with im-proved forage quality.