The effect of plant arrangement pattern on biomass productivity of maize and soyabean intercropping system

Abstract

In this paper the influence of plant design in intercropping system of soyabean and maize was examined. The two spatial plant designs were applied in the strips and alternate rows. Intercropping was done according to the method of "replacement series" and the main goal of this approach is to change the particular number of plants of one species with another. This examination included four experimental hybrids of maize from various FAO groups of ripening (400,500,600 and 700) and the type of soyabean from O group of ripening (ZPS- 015). The crops were raised in the frame of four field crop rotation (maize– wheat–spring barley+red clover–red clover). The meteorological conditions had big influence on biomass productivity in the period of experiment performance. The plant design in strips was more advantageous in rainless years as it was year of 2003.