Research Article

Corn and Soybeans in a Strip Intercropping System: Crop Growth Rates, Radiation Interception, and Grain Yield Components

Table 2

RUE (g Mjāˆ’1) in monocultures and intercropped, during C1, C2 and C3.

TreatmentsLocation (rows)RUE (g Mjāˆ’1)
C1C2C3

Strip corn
Soybean III
Row 13,25 (a)3,80 (a)3,83 (a)
Row 73,16 (a)3,73 (a)4,14 (a)
Strip corn
Soybean V
Row 13,48 (a)3,80 (a)3,95 (a)
Row 73,00 (a)3,72 (a)4,27 (a)
Corn monocultureCenter3,19 (a)3,22 (a)4,04 (a)
Strip soybean III CornRow 10,94 (b)0,58 (b)0,79 (b)
Row 71,64 (b)0,52 (b)1,12 (b)
Soybean III monocultureCenter0,98 (b)0,47 (b)1,00 (b)
Strip soybean V CornRow 11,21 (b)0,55 (b)0,94 (b)
Row 71,23 (b)0,50 (b)0,92 (b)
Soybean V monocultureCenter1,18 (b)0,46 (b)0,94 (b)