STUDY ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF AEROBIC RICE INTERCROPPING WITH VIGNA RADIATAAND ARACHIS PINTOI.

Leguminous cover crops (LCCs) are vital for sustainable crop production and soil fertility. Besides, cover crops are grown for the purpose of covering the soil to protect it from the force of erosion. They can also disturb weed growth, disease infection and insect cycles. The objective of this research were (1) to examine the competition between weed with aerobic rice in term of the growth performance of aerobic rice, and (2) to identify the most potential of legume cover crop (Vigna radiata or Arachis pintoi) to the growth of aerobic rice. The experiment was conducted at the share farm of UiTM Jasin from September until November 2015. The treatments consist of aerobic rice without LCC (T0), aerobic rice with Vigna radiata (T1) and aerobic rice with Arachis pintoi (T2). The treatments were arranged in a Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with five replications. The parameter measured in this study are height of aerobic rice plant, number of leave of aerobic rice plant, number of tiller of aerobic rice plant and biomass production and partitioning measurement for stem, leave, panicle and root. The collected data was analyzed by using SPSS system (version 22). From the study, descriptive graph shows that, there were different trend for all three treatment. Biomass production of all treatments, shows a significant difference. From the study, Arachis pintoi shows the best result on the growth of aerobic rice. Aerobic rice intercropping with Arachis pintoi was recorded the highest difference than others treatment for biomass production and partitioning measurement.