Intercropping Maize with Faba Bean Improves Yield, Income, and Soil Fertility in Semiarid Environment
Table 1
Interaction effects of intercropping maize with two faba bean (FB) varieties at three different densities on dry biomass and grain yields of the crops and gross monetary values (GMV).
Treatments
Dry biomass yield (kg·ha−1)
Grain yield (kg·ha−1)
Total grain yield (kg·ha−1)
GMV (USD·ha−1)
Maize
FB
Maize
FB
Sole maize
10100
—
4200a
—
4200
1470d
Sole faba bean
—
4400a
—
2000a
2000
1600c
Maize + Gora FB at 25%
9400
1300d
4050a
680c
4730
1962b
Maize + Gora FB at 50%
8000
2100c
3800ab
950bc
4750
2090a
Maize + Gora FB at 75%
8100
3000b
2800c
1230b
4030
1964b
Maize + Moti FB at 25%
9600
1200d
3370bc
610c
3980
1668c
Maize + Moti FB at 50%
8100
2100c
3240bc
1070b
4310
1990ab
Maize + Moti FB at 75%
9400
2900b
3150bc
1170b
4320
2039ab
SEM±
1040
180
230
130
39.6
LSD (5%)
NS
550
690
390
118.8
CV (%)
23.0
15.0
13.0
23.4
3.7
Means along column followed by the same letters are not significantly different (). Sole FB = averaged results of Gora and Moti varieties.