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FERMENTATION-BASEL
卷 8, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/fermentation8040174
关键词
row ratio of maize and soybean; land equivalent ratio; biomass yield; silage
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [32001401]
- Sichuan Science and Technology Department Programs [2020YFN0021, 2021YFH0155, 2021YFN0059, 2021YFQ0015]
Intercropping improves land-use efficiency, silage quality, and biomass yield. The intercropping pattern of two maize rows with three soybean rows (2M3S) exhibits the best performance.
Intercropping improves land-use efficiency under conditions of limited land and resources, but no information is currently available pertaining to land-use efficiency and silage quality based on whole-plant utilization. Therefore, a two-year field experiment was conducted with the following conditions: three maize-soybean strip intercropping patterns (SIPs), comprising two maize rows along with two, three, or four soybean rows (2M2S, 2M3S, and 2M4S, respectively); and two sole cropping patterns of maize (SM) and soybean (SS). The aim was to evaluate the biomass yield and silage quality under each condition. Our results showed that all SIPs had a land equivalent ratio (LER) of over 1.6 based on both fresh and dry matter yield, and a higher whole plant yield, compared to sole cropping. Specifically, 2M3S exhibited the highest whole crop dry matter LER (1.8-1.9) and yield (24.6-27.2 t ha(-1)) compared to SM and SS (20.88-21.49 and 3.48-4.79 t ha(-1), respectively). Maize-soybean mixed silages also showed better fermentation quality with higher lactic acid content (1-3%) and lower ammonia-N content (2-8%) compared to SS silages, and higher crude protein content (1-1.5%) with lower ammonia-N content (1-2%) compared to SM silage. Among the intercropping patterns, 2M3S had the highest fermentation quality index V-score (92-95). Consequently, maize-soybean strip intercropping improved silage quality and biomass yield, with 2M3S being recommended, due to its highest LER and biomass yield, and most optimal silage quality.
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