The effects of strip cropping and weed control methods on yield and yield components of dent maize, common bean and spring barley.

摘要

A field experiment was conducted in the years 2008-2010 at the Experimental Station of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Life Sciences in Lublin. The experiment evaluated the effect of cropping systems (sole cropping and strip cropping) and weed control (mechanical and chemical) on the yield and yield components of maize, common beans, and spring barley. Strip cropping significantly increased the yield of maize and the percentage of ears in the total biomass. The beneficial effect of strip cropping on common bean seed yield was significant in conditions of mechanical weed control. Strip cropping increased the number of pods per plant, seed weight per plant, and 1,000 seed weight. Spring barley yield was slightly higher in the strip cropping than in the sole cropping. Strip cropping increased the number and weight of seeds per spike.