Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate dry matter production of rice plant in mixed cropping with phasey bean (Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urb.; Pb). The single cropping rice plant 'Mizuhochikara' and mixed cropping with Pb (plant density ratio was 1: 1, plant density was the same as single cropping rice plant) were transplanted to the paddy field and harvested at full-ripe stage of rice plant. The number of stems and the leaf area for a rice plant in mixed cropping with Pb showed higher values compared with the single cropping rice plant. Total dry matter yield and total crude protein yield of the rice plant in mixed cropping with Pb tended to show higher values compared with those of the single cropping rice plant. In vitro dry matter digestibility of the rice plant in mixed cropping with Pb was higher than that of the single cropping rice plant. NDF, ADF, hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin contents of the culm and top of the rice plant in mixed cropping with Pb showed lower values compared with those of the single cropping rice plant. Digestible dry matter yield of the rice plant in mixed cropping with Pb showed higher values than the single cropping rice plant.
