Table 2 Effect of different strip-width treatments on leaf area index of soybean at fifth trifoliate stage (V5), seventh trifoliate stage (V7), and flower initiation stage (R1) in cropping seasons from 2012 to 2013.

From: Strip-width determines competitive strengths and grain yields of intercrop species in relay intercropping system

Years

Treatments

Leaf area index

V5

V7

R1

2012

T1

0.36 ± 0.01c

1.23 ± 0.05c

1.84 ± 0.05c

T2

0.56 ± 0.02b

1.69 ± 0.01b

2.39 ± 0.01b

T3

0.54 ± 0.02b

1.65 ± 0.02b

2.31 ± 0.01b

SS

0.69 ± 0.01a

1.92 ± 0.02a

2.51 ± 0.03a

LSD (0.05)

0.06

1.12

0.11

2013

T1

0.33 ± 0.01c

1.25 ± 0.05c

1.92 ± 0.04c

T2

0.54 ± 0.01b

1.73 ± 0.02b

2.42 ± 0.02b

T3

0.51 ± 0.01b

1.63 ± 0.01b

2.33 ± 0.03b

SS

0.64 ± 0.02a

2.04 ± 0.05a

2.62 ± 0.01a

LSD (0.05)

0.05

0.10

0.09

  1. Treatment codes represent narrow-strips (T1, 180 cm); medium-strips (T2, 200 cm); and wide-strips (T3, 220 cm) in maize/soybean relay intercropping system. SS is the sole cropping system of soybean. Means are averages over three replicates ± standard error of the mean. Means that do not share the same letters in a column differ significantly at p ≤ 0.05 using least significant differences, calculated separately for each year.
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