Responses of Agronomic Characteristics of Maize and Cowpea to Mycorrhiza and Mesorrhizobial Bacteria in Intercropping

To evaluate the response of agronomic characteristics of maize and cowpea to mycorrhiza and mesorrhizobial bacteria in intercropping, this study was carried out at the Research Field of Industrial Shahrood University in 2010 using a randomized complete block design with three replications. Treatments were: Z: maize monocropping, B: bean monocropping, I: intercropping of maize and bean, ZM: maize monocropping mycorrhizae, BM: bean monocropping mycorrhizae, BB: bean monocropping mesorhizobuim bacteria, BMB: bean monocropping mycorrhizae mesorhizobium bacteria, IM: intercropping mycorrhizae, IB: intercropping 駫⢮ᢳꆸ bacteria and IMB: intercropping mycorrhizal 駫⢮ᢳꆸ bacteria. The results showed that treatment effects on seed yield per plant, leaf chlorophyll content, dry weight of cowpea pods, dry weight of maize ear, number of seeds per earrow, totalbiological yieldinintercropping and partialland equivalent ratioof both cowpea and maizewere significant (p