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PLANT PRODUCTION SCIENCE
Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages 385-392Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1626/pps.11.385
Keywords
dry season; forage production; green manure; nutrient deficit; rainfed rice
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We evaluated the usefulness of the Stylosanthes guianensis (stylo)- rice relay-intercropping system for increasing agricultural productivity in Northeast Thailand. Although large production variability was observed, the relay-intercropping system produced an average of 350 g m(-2) stylo dry matter during the dry season under non-irrigated and non-fertilized conditions in the experimental Fields at the Ubon Rice Research Center. Utilization of the stylo production as green manure increased rice yield, but only slightly. The relay-intercropping also slightly improved soil chemical properties, but not significantly. The trial of the relay-intercropping in farmer's fields produced a maximum of 367 g m(-2) stylo dry matter. Since the stylo production did not decrease the subsequent rice production, the rice-stylo relay-intercropping system is worth considering as one way to utilize the paddy fields during the dry season in Northeast Thailand.
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