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Optimizing land use efficiency in arid land conditions through sugar beet–clover intercropping.

Research Abstract
This study was conducted during 2015–2017 seasons in the Agricultural Research Station, King Abdulaziz University at Hada Al-Sham region, Saudi Arabia. The aim was to investigate the effects of planting Al- Hassawi clover between sugar beet rows in two intercropping systems: 1 sugar beet row: 2 clover rows (1:2) and 1 sugar beet row: 3 clover rows (1:3) besides sugar beet monocrop and Al-Hassawi clover monocrop. Also, number of harvested cuts from clover during the sugar beet growing season (1, 2 and 3 cuts) on sugar beet yield, sucrose yield, clover yield, leaf area index and land equivalent ratio (LER) were investigated. No significant differences were found between sugar beet fresh root or sucrose yield/ha under the intercropping systems 1:2, 1:3 or sugar beet sole crop with one or two cuts from clover. Fresh forage yield/ha from clover significantly increased as number of cuts increased using the two intercropping systems. The highest clover forage yield/ha was produced from the clover sole with three cuts. The highest LER was produced under the 1:3 intercropping system with two cuts or one cut of clover.
Research Authors
El-Nakhlawy F.S, Ismail S. M. 2018.
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Research Journal
Sugar Tech (2018) 20:534-539
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Research Year
2018