The objective in this work was to evaluate the viability of the sowing of Crotalaria junceae L. in the inter-row of sugarcane rattons, and its effects on the productivity of stalks, leaf area index and accumulation of N. Strips of the crotalaria were sown between the sugar cane rows in randomized block design with nine treatments and four repetitions. The treatment in which the crotalaria was sown 51 days after the cut of the sugar cane and cut 110 days after sown gave average yield statistically similar to that observed in the monoculture of sugar cane without top dressing and with weed control. However, this average yield was higher than the obtained for the unfertilized treatment in sugar cane monoculture, but without weed control. In treatments with legume inter cropping there were higher leaf nitrogen contents than those in sugar cane monoculture.
Intercropping; system of production; green fertilization
