Bio-agronomic efficiency indices of eggplant and tomato intercropping

ABSTRACT The successful intercropping with vegetables depends on the type of crops grown and proper handling tested treatments, such as time transplanting a crop in relation to another crop, among others. Thus, objective this work was evaluate bio-agronomic performance eggplant tomato for industry, intercropping, their single crops, function cultivation season (summer or winter). experimental design used randomized complete block ten treatments four replications, implanted two growing seasons (from February September from August February), where consisted times (-30, -25, -20, -15, -10, -5, 0, +5, +10 +15 days transplantation). In each block, plots monocultures were planted time, well plot monoculture order obtain indices. competition efficiency indices intercropped systems evaluated. variation significantly interferes both species. Eggplant performed between -20 -15 compared transplantation reduces dominance one over other interspecific environmental resources. system has greater land equivalent ratio when is transplanted at after tomato.