MOKADEM, S., TAHA, E., EL-GEDDAWY, I., BEKHEET, M. (2000). RESPONSE OF SPRING SUGAR-CANE TO SOME ROW SPACING AND INTERCROPPING WITH SORGHUM AND SOYBEAN. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 78(1), 197-214. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2000.321521
SHOKRY A. MOKADEM; EMAN M. TAHA; IBRAHIM H. EL-GEDDAWY; MOHAMED A. BEKHEET. "RESPONSE OF SPRING SUGAR-CANE TO SOME ROW SPACING AND INTERCROPPING WITH SORGHUM AND SOYBEAN". Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 78, 1, 2000, 197-214. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2000.321521
MOKADEM, S., TAHA, E., EL-GEDDAWY, I., BEKHEET, M. (2000). 'RESPONSE OF SPRING SUGAR-CANE TO SOME ROW SPACING AND INTERCROPPING WITH SORGHUM AND SOYBEAN', Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 78(1), pp. 197-214. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2000.321521
MOKADEM, S., TAHA, E., EL-GEDDAWY, I., BEKHEET, M. RESPONSE OF SPRING SUGAR-CANE TO SOME ROW SPACING AND INTERCROPPING WITH SORGHUM AND SOYBEAN. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2000; 78(1): 197-214. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2000.321521
RESPONSE OF SPRING SUGAR-CANE TO SOME ROW SPACING AND INTERCROPPING WITH SORGHUM AND SOYBEAN
1Agronomy Department Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University, Egypt
2Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt
Abstract
Yield, yield components, juice quality as well as competitive rela-tionships and economic evaluation of sugar-cane in response to inter-cropping with sorghum and soybean under different row spacings were investigated during 1995/1996 and 1996/97 seasons. lntercropping soybean or sorghum with spring sugar-cane reasonably improved number of intemodes/stalk, stalk weight, Brix%, sucrose %, fiber % and land equivalent ratio (L.E.R), while reduced number of millable cane, cane yield, top yield, purity%, sugar yield and monetary returns. Sugar recovery did not alter with intercropping compared with pure stand of sugar-cane. Agressivity value of sugar-cane was positive for soybean and for sorghum was negative under intercropping systems. Increasing row spacings of sugar-cane was followed by an in-crease in stalk weight and a reduction in the number of millable cane, cane yield, top yield, sugar yield, monetary returns. The other studied characters did not change. It is clear that intercropping sorghum with sugar-cane was more profitable than soybean in respect to the monetary returns.