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Acta Agron Sin ›› 2011, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (11): 2066-2074.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1006.2011.02066

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Effects of Two Row Spaces and Intercropping on Forage and Crude Protein Yields of Oat (Avena sativa L.) and Common Vetch (Vicia sativa L.)

CHEN Gong1,GUO Li-Mei1, **,REN Chang-Zhong2,GUO Lai-Chun2,ZHAO Guo-Jun2,HU Yue-Gao1,*,ZENG Zhao-Hai1,*   

  1. 1 College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; 2 Baicheng Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Baicheng 137000, China
  • Received:2011-03-23 Revised:2011-06-25 Online:2011-11-12 Published:2011-07-28
  • Contact: 曾昭海, E-mail: zengzhaohai@cau.edu.cn; 胡跃高, E-mail: huyuegao@cau.edu.cn E-mail:samanthapizi@gmail.com

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Abstract: Intercropping of oat (Avena sativa L.) and common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) is a widely used forage production system in Northwestern China. Due to different cropping managements, whether intercropped crops can yield higher than mono-cropped oat was not consistent in previous studies. This experiment was carried out at Baicheng Academy of Agricultural Science in Jilin province in 2009–2010. The quantity and quality of forage yield were justified with mono-cropped oat (B1) and common vetch (B2) as well as their intercropping (B3) under two different row spaces (A1: 33 cm and A2: 16.5 cm). In 2009, seeding rate of each row was the same for A1 and A2, so the total seeding rate for A2 was doubled; in 2010, the total seeding rate was the same for A1 and A2. The results showed that dry matter yields under intercropping system increased by 24% and 30% compared with those under the mono-cropping of oat and common vetch respectively. Crude protein yield in intercropped system was much higher (100%) than that in mono-cropped oat, but 20% less than that in mono-cropped vetch. A2 produced 13% and 29% more forage yield in 2009 and 2010 than A1. The effects of row spaces were less noticed in crude protein yield.With 16.5 cm of row spaces, oat seeding rate at 87.5 kg ha–1 and common vetch seeding rate at 75 kg ha–1, highest forage yield of 19.8 t ha–1 and crude protein yield of 2.43 t ha–1 were achieved with LER 1.55. Intercropping of oat and vetch could be a promising intercropping system in the studied area and the mentioned seeding rate and row space would be the best combination for forage production.

Key words: Oat, Common vetch, Intercropping, Row space, Yield

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