Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend this food crop intercrop for young coconut plantings.
- Taxon
- coconutt0
- Treatment
- cassava with fertilizer application of 30 - 45 - 45 kg ha -1 N - P 2 O 5 - K 2 Oe0
- Outcome
- may be intercroppede0
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Verbatim
t0“coconut farms”
e0“young coconut plantings may be intercropped with cassava with fertilizer application of 30 - 45 - 45 kg ha -1 N - P 2 O 5 - K 2 O or plantain using pared planting material treated with 15 ml l -1 chlorpyrifos insecticide (Dursban 4E) per litre of water.”
Title
Stella Ama Ennin; B. Banful; E. Andoh-Mensah; et al. International journal of food, agriculture and environment 2009
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Recommendation The authors recommend this food crop intercrop for young coconut plantings.
- Intervention effect Intercropping produced the reported vegetative development result.
- Intervention effect Intercropping produced the reported cassava yield result.
- Intervention effect Intercropping produced the reported plantain yield result.
- Intervention effect Intercropping produced the reported major diseases and pests result.
- Intervention effect Intercropping produced the reported value cost ratio result.
- Observation Cassava yield in mature coconut plantings averaged 11.6 t ha -1.
- Observation Plantain could not thrive in mature coconut plantings, attributed to light and possible root competition.
- Association Coconut age significantly influenced food intercrop performance.
- Recommendation Authors recommend plantain or cassava intercropping to support coconut replanting.