Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)

Technology of Agronomy Division

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Intercropping spinach-red amaranth with
hybrid maize

	Three rows of spinach in between two maize rows; after spinach harvest three rows red amaranth sown in between two maize rows.
	Maize and spinach sown on the same day
	Spinach harvest at 40 days after sowing (DAS)
	Red amaranth sown at 2 days after spinach harvest
	Red amaranth harvest at 30 DAS
	Distance of maize rows 75 cm
	Distance of spinach/red amaranth rows 15 cm
	Yield (t/ha): Maize: 7.5 to 8, Spinach: 7 to 8 and Red amaranth: 1.5 to 1.7
	BCR: 3.5

2. Intercropping soybean with popcorn

	Two rows soybean (Sohag) in between two rows of popcorn
	Distance of popcorn rows 75 cm
	Distance of soybean rows 30 cm
	Yield (t/ha): Popcorn: 3.0 to 3.5 and Soybean: 0.5 to 0.6
	BCR: 2

Fertilizer management of hybrid maize and sweet potato intercropping

	Two rows of sweet potato in between two paired rows of maize with N250P53K100S30 kg/ha
	Distance of maize rows within paired rows 37.5 cm, paired row to paired row 150 cm
	Distance of sweet potato rows 60 cm
	Yield (t/ha): Maize 8.0 to 9.0 and Sweet potato: 9.0 to 11.0
	BCR : 3

4. Intercropping bushbean with hybrid maize

	Four rows of bushbean (BARI Jharsheem-1) in between two paired rows of maize
	Distance of maize rows within paired rows 37.5 cm, paired row to paired row 150cm
	Distance of bushbean: 30 cm
	Yield (t/ha): Maize: 8.5 to 9.0 and Bushbean: 8.0 to 10.0
	BCR : 3.5

5. Intercropping carrot with hybrid maize

	Fours rows of carrot in between tow paired rows of maize
	Distance of maize row : Within paired rows 37.5cm, paired row to paired row 150 cm
	Distance of carrot rows 30 cm
	Yield (t/ha) : Maize 8.0 to 9.0 and Carrot 5.0 to 6.0
	BCR: 3.5

6. Intercropping pea with hybrid maize

Two rows of pea (BARI motor-1) in between two rows of maize (normal) or four rows of pea in between two paired rows of maize

Distance of maize rows : Normal 75 cm, within paired rows 37.5 cm, paired row to paired row 150 cm.

Distance of pea rows 30 cm

Yield (t/ha) : Maize 6.5 to 7.0 and Green pod: 3.0 to 4.0

7.Weed management in Cabbage/Tomato/Okra

Hand weeding at 3 and 5 weeks after transplanting
Yield (t/ha):
Cabbage: 50 to 60
Tomato: 85 to 90
Okra: 9.0 to 9.5

BCR:
Cabbage: 2.1
Tomato: 8.0
Okra: 3.0

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