Performance of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) BR.) varieties intercrop with legumes in Sudan Savanna of Nigeria
Journal Title: Journal of Agricultural and Crop Research - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 5
Abstract
Four pearl millet varieties (SOSAT-C-88, ZATIP, LACRI-9702-IC and EX-BORNO) were intercropped with four selected legumes: groundnut (Samnut – 14), soybean (TGX – 1830-2E), cowpea (IT89KD- 288) and bambara nut (Damboa white) at 1:1 alternate row arrangement in a field experiment conducted at Teaching and Research Farm of the Department of Crop Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maiduguri in the Sudan Savanna ecological zone of Nigeria during the 2010 and 2011 wet seasons. Intercropping had no significant effect on the grain yield, yield attribute and partial land equivalent ratio (LER) of pearl millet varieties. However, pearl millet reproductive parameters were significantly better in SOSAT-C-88, ZATIP and EX-BORNO than LACRI-9702-IC. Grain yield/ha were significantly least for LACRI-9707-IC while legumes grown in association with LACRI-9702-IC produced better yield. Mean grain yield of the legumes were reduced by 47% as a result of intercropping with pearl millet. Intercropped pearl millet grain yield varied from 472 to 861 kg/ha, with SOSAT-C-88 recording the highest grain yield and partial land equivalent ratio (LER). Grain yield and partial LER of pearl millet varieties were significantly higher with SOSAT-C-88 + cowpea combination compared with the other legumes intercrop in both seasons. The highest total LER (1.35) and gross monetary return were obtained using the intermediate pearl millet variety, SOSAT-C-88 pearl millet + legumes. In both the seasons, total LER and gross monetary was higher at the legumes when cowpea was grown in association with SOSAT-C-88 variety.
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Bassi J. A, Dugje I. Y
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