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Research Details
| Research Project: | Increasing Wet Season Production of Solanaceous Vegetables Through Improved Cultural Management Practices |
| Research Title | Enhancing Productivity in Wet Season Vegetable Production Through Intercropping (Study 3) |
| Researcher(s) | Marylis Nalundasan, Noralyn Legaspi |
| Research Category | Study |
| Research Status | completed |
| Duration | Jan 01, 2014 to Jun 30, 2016 |
| Commodity | Across Crops |
| Research Site(s) | Mariano Marcos State University, City of Batac, Ilocos Norte |
| Source of Fund(s) | |
| Brief Description | This study is under the project "Increasing Wet Season Production of Solanaceous Vegetables Through Improved Cultural Management Practices". Planting of intercrops provides diversity in farm products thereby giving an alternative source of income to farmers. Intercrops are also used as barrier to the main crop whenever there is strong wind or typhoons. In addition, it also serves as trap crop/alternate host to some insect pests. Main crops to be used in this study will be eggplant, tomato, and pepper. Crops to be used as intercrop will be corn, winged bean and pole sitao. Treatments will vary on the ratio of the number of rows of the maincrop and the intercrops. Aside from the growth and yield data, the prevalence of pests will be monitored regularly. In addition, cost and return analysis will be done to determine the economic feasibility of each treatment. Major activities include:
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| Expected Output | Best intercropping scheme that could give higher income to the farmers. |
| Abstract | Not Available |
