I got a project on cereal/legumes intercropping system but i do not have an idea about intercropping can any one help me that what direction i should explore in maize alfalfa intercropping system
You can try with maize +soybean, maize+peanut, maize +bean. With or without nitrogen. In addition, soybean alone, peanut alone, bean alone as a treatment.
2 papers on inter-cropping that may be of interest:
Baoru Sun et al. (2014) Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)/Maize (Zea mays L.) Intercropping Provides a Feasible Way to Improve Yield and Economic Incomes in Farming and Pastoral Areas of Northeast China
Shin Deguchi et al. (2017) White clover living mulch reduces the need for phosphorus fertilizer application to corn