Forage production in sole and mixed stands of fodder maize [Zea map L.] and mungbean [Vigna radiata L. wilczek]

To increase the productivity and quality of forage per unit area under summer conditions, fodder maize cv. Giza-2 and mungbean cvs. Kawmy-1 and King were grown in mixture at different proportions [100:0, 75:25, 50:50, 25:75, 0:100] for two seasons, i.e., 2004 and 2005 at the Agriculture Experimental Station of National Research Centre, Shalakan, Kalubia Governorate, Egypt. Solid maize produced higher green and dry forage yield and total digestible nutrients, followed by 75% fodder maize + 25% mungbean mixture. Which recorded the highest protein yield and an increase in land equivalent ratio. Herbage forage mixtures including cv. Kawmy- 1 mungbean produced herbage of better quality than mixtures with mungbean cv. King. It can be concluded that producing mixed forage of 75% fodder maize + 25% mungbean cv. Kawmy-l can realize a reasonable yield of forage with a high percent of protein

Effect of foliar spray with urea and some micronutrients on mungbean [Vignal radiata [l.] wilczek] growth, yield and seed chemical composition

The objective of the experiments was to study the effect of foliar spray with some nutrients on growth, yield and seed chemical composition of Kawmy-1 variety mung bean [Vigna radiata [L.] Wilczek]. The foliar treatments were urea [1%], and four key micronutrients, Fe [0.5%] Zn [0.1%], Mn [0.2%] and CuSO4 [0.05%]. Micronutrient treatments were spray either alone or combined with urea at early pod-setting. The obtained results showed that foliar spray with either Fe and Zn alone or urea in combination with Zn or Cu gave the tallest plants. Application of urea or Zn increased the number of branches per plant, while the greatest number of leaves per plant was produced from the combined application of urea with Mn, Zn and Cu. The heaviest dry weight of mung bean plants was recorded when the plants were treated with Fe alone or combined with urea