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QUIROZ, Ana Isabel  e  MARIN, Douglas. Grain yield and efficiency of a maize-pigeon pea intercropping system with and without fertilization. Bioagro [online]. 2003, vol.15, n.2, pp.121-128. ISSN 1316-3361.

Grain yield and efficiency of a maize-pigeon pea intercropping system were compared in an additive experiment with 62.500 plants/ha sole cropped maize (CENIAP PB8), 50.000 plants/ha sole cropped pigeonpea (ICPL 87119) and 112.500 plants/ha in intercropping plots. Two fertilization levels were applied. Maize was planted 20 days after pigeonpea. Grain yields of maize were 6938 and 7665 kg/ha in not fertilized and fertilized monoculture plots, and 7030 and 7507 kg/ha in not fertilized and fertilized intercropped plots, respectively. No statistical differences were found in pigeonpea, with grain yields of 3437 and 3464 kg/ha in not fertilized and fertilized sole cropped plots, and 3064 and 3277 kg/ha in not fertilized and fertilized intercropped plots. Efficiency indexes land equivalent ratio (LER), area-time equivalency ratio (ATER) and area-harvest equivalency ratio (AHER) showed advantages of intercropping in relation to monocultures.

Palavras-chave : Intercropping; cereals; legumes; LER; ATER; AHER.