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Abstract
The present study was carried out at the Experimental Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt during 2019 and 2020 summer seasons to study the influence of intercropping three summer grass forage crops, i.e. pearl millet, sudan grass, teosinte with maize under three densities of maize (50, 75 and 100% of recommended density “24000 plants/fed”) on their productivity and quality as well as land use efficiencies and competitive relationships. The intercropping patterns were as follows:
1- Intercropping 100% millet + 50% maize
2- Intercropping 100% millet + 75% maize
3- Intercropping 100% millet + 100% maize
4- Intercropping 100% sudan grass + 50% maize
5- Intercropping 100% sudan grass + 75% maize
6- Intercropping 100% sudan grass + 100% maize
7- Intercropping 100% teosinte + 50% maize
8- Intercropping 100% teosinte + 75% maize
9- Intercropping 100% teosinte + 100% maize
10- Maize sole cropping
11- Millet sole cropping
12- Sudan grass sole cropping
13- Teosinte sole cropping
In intercropping patterns, maize grains were sown in one side of the beds (140 cm) at three plant densities (50%, 75% and 100%), while the three tested forage crops were sown in three rows on the top of bed using 100% of their seeding rates. However, in sole croppings, maize was grown in the two sides of the beds at 100% of its recommended plant density(24000 plants/fed), while the three forage crops were sown in three rows on the top of bed using 100% of their seeding rates. The treatments were arranged in a randomized complete blocks design with four replications.