The Effect of Fertilizer and Manure on Forage and Grain Yield of Millet (Panicum miliaceum) and Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) In Intercropping

This experiment was conducted in 2007 in Shirvan Agriculture Research center. The experiment was split plot in randomized complete block design with three replications. Main factors consisted of unfertilized (A1), 100% fertilizer (A2), 100% manure (A3), 50% fertilizer + 50 % manure (A4) treatments and sub factors consisted of sole crop of millet (B1), 75% millet + 25% bean (B2), 50% millet + 50% bean (B3), 25% millet + 75% bean (B4), and sole crop of bean (B5). Dry matter yield, grain yield, 1000 kernel weight, harvest index (HI), land equivalence ratio (LER), photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and soil moisture content and soil temperature in each crop were calculated. Results indicated that the fertilizer and manure treatments had significant effect on millet and bean grain and dry matter yield