Alleviating summer heat stress in cowpea-baby corn intercropping with stress-reducing chemicals and fertility variations.

ABSTRACT: Over the past century, the average surface temperature and recurrent heatwaves have been steadily rising, especially during the summer season, which is affecting the yield potential of most food crops. Hence, diversification in cropping systems with suitable fertilizer management is an urgent need to ensure high yield potential during the summer season. Since intercropping has emerged as an important strategy to increase food production, the present study comprises five intercropping systems in the main plot (sole cowpea, sole baby corn, cowpea + baby corn in 2:1, 3:1, and 4:1 row ratio), three levels of fertilizer viz. 100 (N₂₀ P₄₀), 125 (N₂₅ P₅₀), and 150% (N₃₀ P₆₀) recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) in the subplot, alon

SUBMITTER: Bijarnia A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10847103 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature