AUTHOR=da Silva Luciana Maria , Costa Kátia Aparecida de Pinho , Prado Laís Guerra , Rezende Alexandre Garcia , Severiano Eduardo da Costa , Costa João Victor Campos Pinho , e Silva João Antônio Gonçalves , Costa Adriano Carvalho , Fernandes Patrick Bezerra , Rodrigues Rosane Claúdia , Marques Bruno de Souza , de Morais Breno Furquim , Rodrigues Fabricio TITLE=Maize intercropped with Panicum maximum cultivars and Pigeon pea improves silage yield and quality JOURNAL=Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems VOLUME=8 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1416717 DOI=10.3389/fsufs.2024.1416717 ISSN=2571-581X ABSTRACT=
Integrated systems are efficient technologies used for diversifying production and promoting agricultural sustainability. The benefits of double intercropping are well-established in research. With advancements in sustainable food production technology, some studies have explored triple intercropping by adding legumes. However, triple intercropping methods must be comprehensively understood. This study aimed to evaluate the production of dry mass, fermentation profile, and nutritive values of silage from maize based intercropping. The experiment was conducted in the field, in Instituto Federal Goiano, Campus Rio Verde, State of Goiás, Brazil, where we assessed silage production and quality in monoculture and intercropping systems, in a randomized block complete design with three replications. We evaluated 8 treatments, consisting of silage from: maize monoculture; Tamani guinea grass monoculture; Quênia guinea grass monoculture; Zuri guinea grass monoculture; Pigeon pea monoculture; maize + Tamani guinea grass + Pigeon pea; maize + Quênia guinea grass + Pigeon pea and maize + Zuri guinea grass + Pigeon pea. The results showed that maize silage intercropped with cultivars of