Effect of FYM and N fertilizer on photosynthetic partitioning parameters, yield and yield attributes of maize-soybean intercropping [electronic resource].

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Two field experiments were carried out at Menia Al-Kamh district- Sharkia province during two summer successive growing seasons i.e. 2009 and 2010 to study the effect of FYM (Without, 20 and 40 m3/fad) and nitrogen fertilizer levels (Without, 45, 90 and 135 kg N/fad) on photosynthetic partitioning parameters, yield and yield attributes of maize (Zea mays L.) - soybean (Glaycine max (L.) Merr.) intercroppers. Soybean variety Giza-22 was sown at 93,333 plants/fad in pure stand and intercropping whereas, maize variety TWC 324 was sown at 23,333 plants/fad as pure stand and intercropping (3:3) system. Maize was planted in intercropping culture on one side and two plants / hill (46,666 plants/fad) instead of one plant/hill in solid plots (23,333 plants/fad), simultaneously, soybean was always sown and thinned as two plants/hill, 10 cm apart on the two sides of the ridge in intercropping culture (186.666 plants/fad) instead of one side of the ridge in the solid plots.

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