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Intercrop** induces the diseases decreasing, and yield increasing, may partly due to the improvement of microclimate in fields. In order to understand the mechanism and efficiency of resource utilization in intercrop** of maize (Zea mays) and soybean (Glycine max), a field experiment was conducted as factorial on the bases of randomized complete block design of three patterns with three replications. Three crop** patterns were maize monocrop** (A), 2 rows maize and 2 rows soybean intercrop** (C) and 2 rows maize and 4 rows soybean intercrop** (D). Our studies showed that compared with monocrop**, the temperature in intercrop** was a little higher in the daytime, but in the nighttime, the contrary results were observed; the relative humidity in intercrop** was lower in the daytime, but in the nighttime, the contrary results were observed; the light intensity in intercrop** was markedly higher than that in monocrop**. The yield components of maize in intercrop**, including thousand kernel weight, yield per plant and leaf area were increased than that in monocrop**. These results imply that microclimate variation of intercrop** probably play important role to maize yield increasing.
Foundation: This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program (2011CB100400).
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He, H. et al. (2012). The Effect of Intercrop** of Maize and Soybean on Microclimate. In: Li, D., Chen, Y. (eds) Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture V. CCTA 2011. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 369. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27278-3_27
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