%0 Journal Article %T Rendimiento en granos y eficiencia de una asociaci¨®n ma¨ªz (zea mays) y quinchoncho (cajanus cajan) con o sin fertilizaci¨®n %A Quiroz %A Ana Isabel %A Mar¨ªn %A Douglas %J Bioagro %D 2003 %I Decanato de Agronom¨ªa de la Universidad Centroccidental %X grain yield and efficiency of a maize-pigeon pea intercropping system were compared in an additive experiment with 62.500 plants/ha sole cropped maize (ceniap pb8), 50.000 plants/ha sole cropped pigeonpea (icpl 87119) and 112.500 plants/ha in intercropping plots. two fertilization levels were applied. maize was planted 20 days after pigeonpea. grain yields of maize were 6938 and 7665 kg/ha in not fertilized and fertilized monoculture plots, and 7030 and 7507 kg/ha in not fertilized and fertilized intercropped plots, respectively. no statistical differences were found in pigeonpea, with grain yields of 3437 and 3464 kg/ha in not fertilized and fertilized sole cropped plots, and 3064 and 3277 kg/ha in not fertilized and fertilized intercropped plots. efficiency indexes land equivalent ratio (ler), area-time equivalency ratio (ater) and area-harvest equivalency ratio (aher) showed advantages of intercropping in relation to monocultures. %K intercropping %K cereals %K legumes %K ler %K ater %K aher. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1316-33612003000200007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en