Claim · model-written summary
Okra sown at 50000 plants/ha gave the highest fresh pod yields in both seasons.
- Taxon
- Okra
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Abelmoschus esculentuse0 - Treatment
- 50000 plants/hae0
- Outcome
- fresh pod yieldse0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Qualifier
- in both seasonse0
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Verbatim
e0“Okra sown at 50000 plants/ha took the longest time to reach specific phenological stages, controlled weeds best and gave the highest fresh pod yields in both seasons”
Title
F. O. OLASANTAN The Journal of Agricultural Science 2001. doi:10.1017/s0021859601008656
Other claims from this paper (18)
- Intervention effect Intercropping with cassava had no significant effect on okra phenology (time to vegetative growth, flowering and fruiting).
- Intervention effect Intercropping significantly reduced weed growth by 25-45% compared with monoculture.
- Intervention effect Intercropping significantly reduced nematode infection in okra by 36% compared with monoculture.
- Intervention effect Intercropping kept the canopy environment of cassava cooler by 3.0-4.4 degrees C compared with monoculture.
- Intervention effect Intercropping kept the canopy environment of cassava more moist by 5-10 g/kg compared with monoculture.
- Association The durations of vegetative and reproductive growth of okra in both cropping systems were influenced by population density.
- Association The weed-control ability of okra in both cropping systems was influenced by population density.
- Intervention effect Okra sown at 50000 plants/ha took the longest time to reach specific phenological stages.
- Intervention effect Okra sown at 50000 plants/ha controlled weeds best.
- Intervention effect There was little increase in okra pod yields between 35000 and 50000 plants/ha in mixed stands in late season sown crops.
- Intervention effect Cassava growth and tuber yield were not significantly affected by intercropping and okra population density.
- Intervention effect Okra growth was better with early than late season sowing, irrespective of okra population density or cropping system.
- Intervention effect Cassava growth was better with early than late season sowing, irrespective of okra population density or cropping system.
- Mechanism The better growth of okra with early sowing appears to be due mainly to temperature and rainfall differences between the seasons.
- Mechanism The better growth of cassava with early sowing appears to be due mainly to temperature and rainfall differences between the seasons.
- Association The substantial variation in weather between the two seasons had a greater effect in monoculture than in mixed stands.
- Recommendation When rainfall is limiting, okra could be intercropped with cassava at population density up to 35000 plants/ha to allow the vegetable to develop and to maximize pod yield under relatively dry conditions.
- Recommendation The suggested optimum okra target is 50000-60000 plants/ha during the wet periods.