03119naa a2200493 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200140006002400520007410000200012624501470014626000090029352016400030265000170194265000110195965000180197065000120198865000200200065000300202065000130205065000120206365000160207565000210209165000230211265300370213565300230217265300290219565300150222465300140223965300400225365300230229370000270231670000200234370000300236370000240239370000230241770000230244070000170246370000240248070000280250470000220253270000230255477300480257721546082023-06-26 2023 bl uuuu u00u1 u #d a1678-992X7 ahttp://doi.org/10.1590/1678-992X-2022-00462DOI1 aSILVA, G. I. N. aCombined agricultural practices in millet and cactusbphyllochron, structural characteristics and relations with yield.h[electronic resource] c2023 aVariation in rainfall affects crops; therefore, agricultural practices become essential for forage production in semi-arid regions. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of different agricultural practices on phyllochron, structural characteristics of forage cactus and millet, and their relations with crop yield using the principal component analysis (PCA). The design was in randomized blocks, with six treatments: sole cropped cactus without straw mulching, sole cropped cactus with straw mulching, sole cropped millet without straw mulching, sole cropped millet with straw mulching, and cactus intercropping with millet, with and without straw mulching, each with four replicates. There were three cactus cycles and nine millet cycles (three cycles of cultivars BRS1501 and six of IPA Bulk-1-BF). Biometric parameters were evaluated monthly, while yield was determined after the crop harvest. Phyllochron was determined with the regression analysis. The PCA was applied to structural characteristics and yield. The systems adopted did not influence the structural characteristics of cactus and millet (p > 0.05), except for cladode thickness, which increased with straw mulching. Phyllochron of the millet reduced when the crop was intercropped. The structural characteristics of cladode length, width, and thickness influenced crop yield, mainly in systems with straw mulching. Straw mulching and intercropping alter phyllochron of cactus and millet. The adoption of straw mulching has a more significant relationship with cactus yield, whereas biometric variables influence crop yield for millet, not the cropping system. aCactus pears aForage aIntercropping aMillets aCobertura Morta aConsorciação de Cultura aForragem aMilheto aMonocultura aPalma Forrageira aSistema de Cultivo aAnálise do componente principal aCobertura de palha aCobertura morta de palha aConsórcio aFilocrono aMilho-miúdo sem cobertura de palha aRegião semiárida1 aJARDIM, A. M. da R. F.1 aSOUZA, M. de S.1 aARAÚJO JÚNIOR, G. do N.1 aMORAIS, J. E. F. de1 aSOUZA, L. S. B. de1 aSOUZA, C. A. A. de1 aALVES, C. P.1 aARAUJO, G. G. L. de1 aMONTENEGRO, A. A. de A.1 aLIMA, B. L. de C.1 aSILVA, T. G. F. da tScientia Agrícolagv. 80, e20220046, 2023.