Majid Amini Dehaghi
Shahed University, Iran.
Title: The effect of bio-fertilizers intercropping of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) with Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare L.)
Biography
Biography: Majid Amini Dehaghi
Abstract
To evaluate the effect of bio-fertilizer and intercropping of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) with fennel (Foeniculum vulgare L.), an experiment was conducted at College of Agriculture, Shahed University of Tehran, Iran, in 2016. The experiment design was split plot on the basis of randomized complete block with three replications. Four levels of fertilizer: control (no fertilizer), bio-fertilizer (Azospirillum/Azotobacter, bio phosphorous fertilizer), chemical fertilizer triple super phosphate, combinations of bio-fertilizer with %50 chemical fertilizer triple super phosphate were allocated to main plots and different intercropping patterns at 4 levels in subplots: sole alfalfa (100% alfalfa), sole fennel (100% fennel), 100% alfalfa+50% fennel, 100% alfalfa+100% fennel. Results showed that the highest alfalfa yield, plant height, number of flowering shoot, number of nodes, DMD and WSC were obtained from combinations of bio-fertilizer with %50 chemical fertilizer triple. Maximum fennel yield, plant height, number of multiple umbels and essential oil yield were obtained by applying bio-fertilizers with %50 chemical fertilizer triple. The highest alfalfa yield, plant height, ADF and NDF were obtained in 100% alfalfa+100% fennel intercropping. Maximum dry weight and essential oil yield were observed in sole fennel (100% fennel).