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| Oliveira,Fábio Luíz de; Guerra,José Guilherme M; Ribeiro,Raul de LD; Almeida,Dejair Lopes de; Silva,Edmilson Evangelista da; Urquiaga,Segundo; Espindola,José Antônio A. |
| An experiment was carried out in Magé, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, to evaluate the performance of taro (Colocasia esculenta) intercropped with sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea), used as green manure. A randomized blocks design with four replicates was used and the soil of the field plots was classified as Haplic Gleysol. Treatments consisted of taro (1) intercropped with unpruned sunn hemp, (2) intercropped with sunn hemp cut at soil level, (3) intercropped with sunn hemp pruned at its mid-height, and (4) in monoculture. The taro was planted in double rows spaced by 1.0 m. The planting furrows had a space of 0.5 m, with rhizomes placed at every 3.0 m. The experimental plot consisted of four 3.0 m rows and the useful area corresponded to the five central... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Crotalaria juncea; Colocasia esculenta; Organic farming; Leaf area; Leaf burning; Weed control. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-05362007000400013 |
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