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Enhancing yield and nutritive value of forage through corn soybean intercropping strategy at seventeen different places in Republic of Korea

  • Song, Yowook (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Kim, Dong Woo (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Kim, Jeongtae (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Fiaz, Muhamad (Department of Livestock Production & Management, Arid Agriculture University) ;
  • Kwon, Chan Ho (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University)
  • Received : 2017.01.22
  • Accepted : 2017.03.23
  • Published : 2017.06.30
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Abstract

Corn is basal forage for livestock species in Republic of Korea but it lacks protein and needs nitrogenous fertilizer. This study was designed with main objective to achieve optimum growth, yield & nutritive value of forage for livestock through implementing corn-soybean intercropping strategy at 17 different places under Korean condition. Two treatments; corn as monocrop (control treatment) and corn-soybean intercrop were compared under Randomized Block Design from $28^{th}$ May to $8^{th}$ October, 2015. Each treatment had three replicates in each block, whereas seventeen different places were considered as blocks. Data were analyzed through SAS-9.1.3 software. Difference between two treatment means was tested through T-test. Findings depicted that intercropping pattern could not influence (P>0.05) corn plant & ear height, corn lodged stalk No. and corn stalks number. However, corn-soybean intercropping enhanced (P<0.05) forage productivity in terms of total fresh yield ($16.4{\pm}0.7^b$ vs. $19.9{\pm}0.7^atons\;ha^{-1}$), total dry matter yield ($5.38{\pm}0.25^b$ vs. $6.41{\pm}0.31^atons\;ha^{-1}$) and total digestible nutrients yield ($3.94{\pm}0.17^b$ vs. $4.59{\pm}0.21^atons\;ha^{-1}$). Dry matter percentage in corn stalks and corn ears was not different (P>0.05) between two treatments. It was concluded that corn-soybean intercropping strategy was promising technique in enhancing forage productivity though positive symbiotic relation between two crops.

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