Table 3 Chlorophyll contents of silage corn and soybean plants cultivated as either monocrop or intercropped during the growing seasons.

From: The potential of corn-soybean intercropping to improve the soil health status and biomass production in cool climate boreal ecosystems

Treatments

Growing Season (2016–17)

Corn

Soybean

C1

42.53 ± 1.20bc

—

C2

41.17 ± 1.57c

—

S1

—

31.10 ± 1.77

S2

—

31.66 ± 1.67

S3

—

29.77 ± 1.38

S1C1

45.03 ± 1.41ab

27.55 ± 1.54

S2C1

46.19 ± 1.12a

27.34 ± 1.85

S3C1

44.69 ± 1.21ab

28.73 ± 1.36

S1C2

46.07 ± 0.71a

27.97 ± 1.83

S2C2

46.67 ± 0.40a

28.45 ± 1.35

S3C2

43.88 ± 1.00abc

27.63 ± 1.34

Mono-(US)

31.38 ± 1.16A

Inter -(US)

27.83 ± 0.78B

Mono-(VS)

29.77 ± 1.38

Inter-(VS)

28.18 ± 0.92

Mono-C

41.85 ± 0.97B

Inter-C

45.42 ± 0.41A

Mono-S

30.85 ± 0.90A

Inter-S

28.01 ± 0.60B

  1. Values are means ± standard errors. Mean values in each column followed by the same superscripts are not significantly different at alpha 0.05. C: corn; S: soybean; C + S: corn + soybean; C1: Yukon-R; C2: DKC26-28RIB; S1: Big Fellow RR; S2: Game Keeper RR; S3: Kester’s Bob White Trailing Soybean; S1C1: Big Fellow RR + Yukon-R; S2C1: Game Keeper RR + Yukon-R; S3C1: Kester’s Bob White Trailing Soybean + Yukon-R; S1C2: Big Fellow RR + DKC26-28RIB; S2C2: Game Keeper RR + DKC26-28RIB; S3C2: Kester’s Bob White Trailing Soybean + DKC26-28RIB; Mono-C: monocropping corn; Mono-S: monocropping soybean; Inter-S: intercropped soybean; Inter-C: corn intercropped with soybean; Mono-(US): monocropping upright soybean; Mono-(VS): monocropping vine soybean; Inter-(US): intercropped upright soybean; Inter-(VS): intercropped vine soybean.
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