Bio-agronomic efficiency indices of eggplant and tomato intercropping

The successful intercropping with vegetables depends on the type of crops grown and on the proper handling of tested treatments, such as the time of transplanting a crop in relation to transplanting another crop, among others. Thus, the objective of this work was to evaluate the bio-agronomic performance of eggplant and tomato for industry, in intercropping, in relation to their single crops, as a function of the transplanting time of the eggplant in relation to the tomato and of the cultivation season (summer or winter). The experimental design used was a randomized complete block with ten treatments and four replications, implanted in two growing seasons (from February to consisted of ten eggplant transplanting times (-30, -25, -20, -15, -10, -5, 0, +5, +10 and +15 days in relation to tomato transplantation). In each block, plots of eggplant monocultures were planted in each transplanting time, as well as a plot in tomato monoculture in order to obtain the bio-agronomic indices. The competition and bio-agronomic efficiency indices of the crops and of the intercropped systems were evaluated. The variation in the transplanting time of eggplant at +15 days after transplanting the tomato.

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The study aims to evaluate the bio-agronomic performance of intercropped eggplant and tomato, taking into account the transplanting time and cultivation season.