Journal of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences

Effect of Sowing Date of Foxtail Millet on Crop Productivity in Foxtail Millet/Peanut Intercropping System

LI Guoyu, CONG Xinjun, LI Guoqing, ZHAO Na, CHEN Erying, LI Liang

Journal of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, 2022, 36(5): 1008-1016. DOI: 10.11869/j.issn.100-8551.2022.05.1008

种植方式 Planting pattern	播种时期 Sowing date	穗长 Panicle length /cm	穗粗 Panicle diameter /cm	穗重 Panicle weight /g	穗粒重 Grain weight per panicle/g	千粒重 1000-grain weight/g
间作 Intercropping	S1	16.60cBC	2.22abcAB	12.17bcB	8.23cdBC	2.60bABC
	S2	17.30bcB	2.23abcAB	12.60bcAB	9.00bcdABC	2.52bBC
	S3	18.57abAB	2.33abAB	14.63abcAB	10.67abAB	2.50bC
	S4	17.10bcB	2.17abcAB	13.23abcAB	9.70abcdABC	2.71aABC
	S5	16.60cBC	2.10cB	13.00abcAB	9.47bcdABC	2.73aAB
	S6	15.30dC	2.10cB	11.70cB	7.87dC	2.75aA
单作 Monoculture	S1	17.87bcAB	2.15bcAB	12.08bcB	8.30cdBC	2.53bABC
	S2	18.46abAB	2.19abcAB	13.22abcAB	9.12bcdABC	2.53bABC
	S3	18.50abAB	2.32abAB	13.92abcAB	9.88abcdABC	2.54bABC
	S4	19.52aA	2.35abAB	14.53abcAB	10.37abcABC	2.54bABC
	S5	18.48abAB	2.36aA	15.80aA	11.57aA	2.57bABC
	S6	18.10abcAB	2.17abcAB	14.73abAB	10.70abAB	2.58bABC

Table 1 Effects of sowing date on yield components of foxtail millet in intercropping system and monoculture system

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Fig.1 Diagrammatic sketch of field planting of foxtail millet and peanut in intercropping system and monoculture system
Note: iF, mF indicate intercropped foxtail millet and monocropped foxtail millet, respectively. iP, mP indicate intercropped peanut and monocropped peanut, respectively. The same as following.
Fig.2 Effect of sowing date of foxtail millet on yield of crops
Note: S1~S6 indicate different treatment of sowing date. Different uppercase letters indicate extremely significant difference at 0.01 level among treatments.
Fig.3 The total output value of different planting patterns
Fig.4 Effect of sowing date of foxtail millet on land equivalent ratio in foxtail millet/peanut intercropping system
Fig.5 Effect of sowing date of foxtail millet on system productivity and actual yield loss in foxtail millet/peanut intercropping system
Fig.6 Effect of sowing date of foxtail millet on aggressivity and competitive ratio in foxtail millet/peanut intercropping system
Table 2 Correlation between yield and yield components of foxtail millet in intercropping system and monoculture system
Table 3 Path analysis on yield components of foxtail mille in intercropping system and monoculture system