A field experiment was conducted during the 2002 summer season in Rabbah, Amman, Jordan, to study the effect of okra (cv. C-Spineless)/pea (cv. Red Thiram) intercropping on air and soil temperatures, light interception, soil moisture storage, evapotranspiration, water use efficiency and yield of okra and pea. The intercropping arrangements were (1:1, 1:2, 2:1 and 2:2). The best intercropping row arrangement that gave higher yield for pea and okra was 1:2 and 2:1. A major cause of yield advantage in pea/okra intercropping was the better use of growth resources, namely light, temperature and water.

air temperature, crop yield, evapotranspiration,intercropping, intercrops, light relations, okras, peas, plant waterrelations, soil temperature, soil water, water use efficiency, yieldcomponents, Jordan, Abelmoschus esculentus, Pisum sativum, Abelmoschus,Malvaceae, Malvales, dicotyledons, angiosperms, Spermatophyta, plants,eukaryotes, West Asia, Asia, Middle East, Developing Countries, Pisum,Papilionoideae, Fabaceae, Fabales, pea, soil moisture, HorticulturalCrops (FF003) (New March 2000), Field Crops (FF005) (New March 2000),Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (FF060), Plant Water Relations(FF062), Plant Production (FF100), Plant Cropping Systems (FF150), SoilPhysics (JJ300), Meteorology and Climate (PP500)

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• Cropping Systems