Effect of Different sowing dates under Intercropping Patterns for Fahl Berseem and Wheat Crop Under the North Middle Nile Delta Region

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out in a clay soil at the experimental farm at Sakha Agricultural Research Station, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate (310 07ˉ N Latitude and 300 57ˉ E longitude with an elevation of about 6 metres above mean sea level), Egypt in 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 seasons to study the effect of three sowing dates (15th, 25th November and 5th December ) under three intercropping fahl berseem with wheat (100% grains of wheat with 10 or 17.5 or 25 % seeds of fahl berseem).On yield of weight and fahl berseem as well as total income of field area. A randomized completely block design in a split plot arrangement with three replications was used in both seasons the solid pattern of wheat recorded the highest values of grain yield /fed and its studied components in the two seasons of study. Sowing date 25th November). For the first intercropping pattern (100 % wheat with 10 % fahl berseem) gave the highest values of all studied traits the heights values of land equivalent ratio (LER)and total income (Egypt L.E) were attained by Sowing date 25th November under intercropping pattern of 100% wheat with 10 % fahl berseem. And these values were 1.19 and 1.21 as well as 10495 and 12248 in the first and second seasons, respectively. On the light of above-mentioned results, it could be recommended that sowing date 25th November under intercropping 10 % seeds of fahl berseem with grains of wheat as 100% is an appropriate intercropping pattern in the North of Middle Nile Delta of Egypt.