Analysing Suitability of Quinoa - Legumes Inter-cropping in UAE Environment

Objective

To test the yield efficiency of the legume-quinoa intercropping system

Project Details

Dates of Sowing: 25 November 2021, 22 January 2023

Experimental Design: RCBD with a plot size of 4 x 4 m

Treatments/Variables: Quinoa-Legume Combinations

Agronomy: Uniform application of fertilizers, Surface irrigation & Manual weeding

Treatment combinations:

  • Quinoa + Cowpea
  • Quinoa + Sesbania
  • Quinoa + Melilotus Quinoa (ICBA-Q5, Co-407 & Ames-19046),
  • Cowpea,
  • Sesbania
  • Melilotus
PlotGenotype
11  Quinoa
12  Quinoa – Sesbania
13  Quinoa
14  Quinoa – Melilotus
15  Cowpea
16  Quinoa – Cowpea
17  Sesbania
18  Melilotus
21  Quinoa – Melilotus
22  Quinoa – Sesbania
23  Quinoa – Cowpea
24  Quinoa
25  Cowpea
26  Melilotus
27  Quinoa
28  Sesbania
31  Cowpea
32  Quinoa – Cowpea
33  Quinoa – Melilotus
34  Melilotus
35  Sesbania
36  Quinoa – Sesbania
37  Quinoa (ICBA-Q5)
38  Quinoa
Season
2021-2022
2022-2023
Research Theme
Experiment Team