TABLE 5.

Deviations of LER from the median in cereal/legume intercropping extracted from 35 studies including between 2 and 20 mixtures, i.e., different genotype combinations (N).

Author	Cereal species	Legume species	No. cereal genotypes	No. legume genotypes	Range (max–min)	Max–median	Min −median	Design	(N)
Klimek-Kopyra et al., 2015	Avena nuda	Vicia faba	1	2	0.39	0.2	−0.19	add	2
Li et al., 2020	Avena sativa	Vicia sativa	1	3	0.2	0.05	−0.15	add	3
Baxevanos et al., 2017	Avena sativa	Pisum sativum	3	3	0.31	0.16	−0.15	repl	9
Ross et al., 2004	Avena sativa	Pisum sativum	2	2	0.25	0.11	−0.14	repl	4
Kontturi et al., 2011	Avena sativa	Pisum sativum	1	3	0.16	0.12	−0.04	add	3
Baxevanos et al., 2021	Avena sativa	Vicia sativa	4	1	0.17	0.11	−0.06	repl	4
Pappa et al., 2012	Hordeum vulgare	Pisum sativum	2	1	0	0	0	repl	2
Hauggaard-Nielsen and Jensen, 2001	Hordeum vulgare	Pisum sativum	4	6	0.24	0.16	−0.87	repl	22
Sanou et al., 2016	Eleusine coracana	Vigna unguiculata	2	2	0.13	0.08	−0.05	repl	4
Reddy et al., 1990	Eleusine coracana	Vigna unguiculata	3	3	0.4	0.22	−0.18	repl	9
Yadav and Yadav, 2001	Eleusine coracana	Cyamopsis tetragonoloba	2	2	0.16	0.085	−0.075	repl	4
Rao and Willey, 1983	Eleusine coracana	Cajanus cajan	2	4	0.44	0.25	−1.21	add	8
Ramakrishna and Ong, 1994	Oryza sativa	Vigna unguiculata	2	2	0.23	0.13	−0.09	repl	4
		Arachis hypogaea		2	0.13	0.07	−0.06	repl	4
		Cajanus cajan		2	0.31	0.13	0.17	repl	4
Rahlakrishna et al., 1992	Oryza sativa	Cajanus cajan	1	5	0.38	0.34	−0.04	repl	5
Tefera and Tana, 2002	Sorghum bicolor	Arachis hypogaea	3	3	0.54	0.18	−0.36	add	9
Odo, 1991	Sorghum bicolor	Vigna unguiculata	2	1	0.17	0.08	−0.09	repl	2
de Queiroz et al., 1988	Sorghum bicolor	Vigna unguiculata	8	1	0.36	0.24	−0.12	repl	8
Rao and Willey, 1983	Sorghum bicolor	Cajanus cajan	4	4	0.48	0.18	−1.02	add	16
Barillot et al., 2014	Triticum aestivum	Pisum sativum	1	3	0.39	0.33	−0.06	repl	3
Haymes and Lee, 1999	Triticum aestivum	Vicia faba	2	1	0.17	0.09	−0.08	add	2
Egbe et al., 2010	Zea mays	Vigna unguiculata	1	10	0.6	0.43	−0.17	repl	10
Watiki et al., 1993	Zea mays	Vigna unguiculata	1	15	0.56	0.4	−0.16	add	15
Goshime et al., 2020	Zea mays	Phaseolus vulgaris	9	1	0.33	0.19	−0.14	add	9
Gebeyehu et al., 2006	Zea mays	Phaseolus vulgaris	2	7	0.41	0.15	−0.26	add	14
Javanmard et al., 2020	Zea mays	Lathyrus sativus,	2	1	0.06	0.03	−0.03	add	2
		Vicia villosa		1	0.09	0.04	−0.04	add	2
		Vicia ervilia,		1	0.04	0.02	−0.02	add	2
		Trifolium alexandrinum		1	0.05	0.02	−0.02	add	2
Molatudi, 2012	Zea mays	Phaseolus vulgaris	1	2	0.18	0.09	−0.09	add	2
Pierre et al., 2017	Zea mays	Glycine max	1	3	0.35	0.31	−0.04	add	3
Zaeem et al., 2019	Zea mays	Glycine max	2	3	0.08	0.01	−0.07	add	6
Yang et al., 2018	Zea mays	Glycine max	3	3	0.1	0.02	−0.08	add	9
Javanmard et al., 2009	Zea mays	Vicia ervilia	2	1	0.07	0.03	−0.03	add	2
		Trifolium alexandrinum		1	0.04	0.02	−0.02	add	2
		Vicia villosa		1	0	0	0	add	2
		Phaseolus vulgaris		1	0.07	0.03	−0.03	add	2
Tamado et al., 2007	Zea mays	Phaseolus vulgaris	1	7	0.26	0.08	−0.18	add	7
Nassary et al., 2020a	Zea mays	Phaseolus vulgaris	1	2	0.09	0.05	−0.04	add	2
Muraya et al., 2006	Zea mays	Phaseolus vulgaris	2	2	0.26	0.11	−0.15	add	4
Dasbak and Asiegbu, 2009	Zea mays	Cajanus cajan	2	6	0.36	0.26	−0.1	add	12
Santalla et al., 2001	Zea mays	Phaseolus vulgaris	2	10	1.96	1.41	−0.55	repl	20
Nassary et al., 2020b	Zea mays	Phaseolus vulgaris	1	2	0.07	0.03	0.03	add	2

In some studies, more than one legume species was evaluated; add, additive; repl, replacement design.