Is Strip Cropping an Effective Way for Maize Biofortyfication?

Table 3

Effect of cropping method and row position in the strip on macronutrients content in the maize biomass harvested for silage (g·kg⁻¹).

Nutrients	Years	Strip cropping				Sole cropping
		Row in the strip			Mean for strip
		Next to barley	Inner	Next to bean
Nitrogen	2008	10.60a	13.91c	12.41b	12.26A	13.02B
	2009	12.31a	15.78c	14.56b	14.17A	14.91B
	2010	11.50a	15.07c	13.95b	13.38A	14.19B
	Mean	11.47a	14.92c	13.64b	13.27A	14.04B
Phosphorus	2008	1.95a	2.35b	2.38b	2.23A	2.65B
	2009	1.82a	2.14b	2.26c	2.08A	2.46B
	2010	2.23a	2.41b	2.56c	2.41A	2.75B
	Mean	2.00a	2.30b	2.40b	2.24A	2.62B
Potassium	2008	7.52b	8.41c	7.24a	7.68A	9.16B
	2009	8.89a	9.82b	8.93a	9.19A	10.98B
	2010	8.49b	9.67c	8.13a	8.67A	10.64B
	Mean	8.30a	9.30b	8.10a	8.57A	10.26B
Magnesium	2008	0.80a	1.01b	1.02b	0.94B	0.83A
	2009	0.77a	0.93b	0.94b	0.88B	0.74A
	2010	0.83a	1.06b	1.04b	0.96B	0.86A
	Mean	0.80a	1.00b	1.00b	0.93B	0.81A
Calcium	2008	2.41a	2.81b	3.18c	2.81B	2.40A
	2009	2.34a	2.73b	2.83b	2.64B	2.03A
	2010	2.45a	2.86b	3.29c	2.88A	2.35A
	Mean	2.40a	2.80b	3.10c	2.79B	2.26A

Values with different letters in line differ significantly (); capital letters: cropping method; small letters: row position in the strip.