System Productivity of Potato + Maize Intercropping as Affected by Sowing Date

Authors

  • AA Begum Agronomy Division, BARI, Gazipur
  • MSU Bhuiya Department of Agronomy, BAU, Mymensigh
  • SMA Hossain Department of Agronomy, BAU, Mymensigh
  • Amina Khatun RFS Division, BRRI, Gazipur
  • SK Das Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka
  • MY Sarker BJRI, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/baj.v19i2.31848

Keywords:

Sowing date, shading, LAI, DM, CGR, equivalent yield, potato, maize, intercropping

Abstract

The experiment was conducted at Agronomy Research Field, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur during 2009-2010 to find out suitable sowing time of maize in potato + maize intercropping for maximum yield and economic return. Treatments of the experiment were: T1= Simultaneous sowing (SS) of potato and hybrid maize (HM), T2= SS of potato and composite maize (CM), T3= HM sown 10 days after potato planting (DAPP), T4= CM sown 10 DAPP, T5= HM sown 20 DAPP, T6= CM sown 20 DAPP, T7= HM sown 30 DAPP, T8= CM sown 30 DAPP, T9= HM sown 40 DAPP, T10 = CM sown 40 DAPP, T11= Sole potato, T12= Sole HM and T13= Sole CM. The result revealed that sole potato and maize produced the highest yield, LAI, TDM and CGR. The HM showed better performance than CM. The highest equivalent yield a monetary return indicated that potato + HM sown 30 DAPP intercropping was the most productive and profitable.

Bangladesh Agron. J. 2016 19(2): 11-20

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AA Begum, Agronomy Division, BARI, Gazipur



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Published

2017-03-10

How to Cite

Begum, A., Bhuiya, M., Hossain, S., Khatun, A., Das, S., & Sarker, M. (2017). System Productivity of Potato + Maize Intercropping as Affected by Sowing Date. Bangladesh Agronomy Journal, 19(2), 11–20. https://doi.org/10.3329/baj.v19i2.31848

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Vol. 19 No. 2 (2016)

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