Effect of Intercropping of Clitoria(Clitoria Ternatea L)on Growth Yield of Maize (Zeamays L.)

Abstract

Afield and a pot experiment wereconductedin season2016\2017 in the demonstration farm of theCollege of the College of AgriculturalStudies,SudanUniversity of Science and Technology,in Shambat, to study the effect ofintercropping maize cultivars Hudeib2 and var 113with clitoria,and to choose the best seed rate of clitoria. The treatment consisted two of maizecultivarsand five level of intercropping arranged in split plot designwith three replication .Data werecollected in plant heightnumber of leaves,stem diameter,fresh weighand dry weight. Resultsshowed the were significant different effectin plant height, stem diameter an dry weight in the field experiment. Significantdifferent and highlysignificant different was observed between cultivars in number leaves and stem diameter respectively insecondexperiment. Also, highlysignificant different were reported among intercropping levels in plant height and fresh weight in the same experiment.while therewere non significant differences on number of leaves and fresh weight.