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productivity of wheat and alfalfa under intercropping

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

H. M. Abdel Magid ,
M. F. Ghoneim ,
R. K. Rabie  and
R. E. Sabrah
H. M. Abdel Magid
Affiliation:
Department of Soil and Water, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, King Saud University, Buraydah, El-Gassim, PO Box 1482, Saudi Arabia
M. F. Ghoneim
Affiliation:
Department of Soil and Water, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, King Saud University, Buraydah, El-Gassim, PO Box 1482, Saudi Arabia
R. K. Rabie
Affiliation:
Department of Soil and Water, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, King Saud University, Buraydah, El-Gassim, PO Box 1482, Saudi Arabia
R. E. Sabrah
Affiliation:
Department of Soil and Water, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, King Saud University, Buraydah, El-Gassim, PO Box 1482, Saudi Arabia
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Summary

Field experiments were carried out under irrigation in Central Saudi Arabia during the winters of 1987–88 and 1988–89 to examine the productivity and quality (grain protein content) of wheat intercropped with inoculated and uninoculated alfalfa with or without additional nitrogen. Nitrogen increased wheat grain yield and protein percentage but inoculation of the alfalfa had no additional effect. Herbage yield of intercropped alfa4fa was unaffected by nitrogen application. Added nitrogen reduced the protein percentage in alfalfa but increased its protein yield. Intercropping had benefits for alfalfa, increasing its protein content and yield.

Siembra simultánea de trigoy alfalfa

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , October 1991 , pp. 391 - 395
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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