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6.3.3.3 Wheat Intercropped with Sugar Beet System
Intercropping wheat with sugar beet system (Fig. 6.3) on raised beds was successfully implemented in Egypt. In this system, sugar beet is cultivated in October and
wheat is intercropped on sugar beet after 45 days. Planting density of sugar beet is
100% and wheat planting density is 50%, which obtained the same yield of both
crops as if both crops were planted solely. Wheat use the applied irrigation water to
sugar beet and both crops are harvest in April (Abou-Elela 2012). The advantage of
this system is to increase the cultivated area of wheat by the percentage of assigned
area of sugar beet cultivated area.
We assumed that 25% of the cultivated area of sugar beet will be assigned to
wheat intercropping system with sugar beet. Table 6.8 indicated that the cultivated
area of sugar beet was 220.1 thousand hectares and the assigned area for wheat will
be 55.0 thousand hectares. The table also showed that the assigned area can produce
211.0 thousand tons of wheat seeds.
6.3.3.4 Wheat Intercropped Under Fruit Trees
Egypt cultivates large varieties of fruit trees, where the total cultivated area with
fruit trees is 695,292 thousand hectares. To make use of such large cultivated area,
intercropping under fruit tree is done. Intercropping could be implemented under
young evergreen fruit trees (1–3 years old) in the summer and winter seasons or
under deciduous fruit trees in the winter. Intercropping wheat in rows between the
Fig. 6.3 Wheat intercropping with sugar beet
A. E.-H. Zohry and S. Ouda
6.3.3.3 Wheat Intercropped with Sugar Beet System
Intercropping wheat with sugar beet system (Fig. 6.3) on raised beds was successfully implemented in Egypt. In this system, sugar beet is cultivated in October and
wheat is intercropped on sugar beet after 45 days. Planting density of sugar beet is
100% and wheat planting density is 50%, which obtained the same yield of both
crops as if both crops were planted solely. Wheat use the applied irrigation water to
sugar beet and both crops are harvest in April (Abou-Elela 2012). The advantage of
this system is to increase the cultivated area of wheat by the percentage of assigned
area of sugar beet cultivated area.
We assumed that 25% of the cultivated area of sugar beet will be assigned to
wheat intercropping system with sugar beet. Table 6.8 indicated that the cultivated
area of sugar beet was 220.1 thousand hectares and the assigned area for wheat will
be 55.0 thousand hectares. The table also showed that the assigned area can produce
211.0 thousand tons of wheat seeds.
6.3.3.4 Wheat Intercropped Under Fruit Trees
Egypt cultivates large varieties of fruit trees, where the total cultivated area with
fruit trees is 695,292 thousand hectares. To make use of such large cultivated area,
intercropping under fruit tree is done. Intercropping could be implemented under
young evergreen fruit trees (1–3 years old) in the summer and winter seasons or
under deciduous fruit trees in the winter. Intercropping wheat in rows between the
Fig. 6.3 Wheat intercropping with sugar beet
A. E.-H. Zohry and S. Ouda