Claim · model-written summary
Intra-row mixture of sorghum and densely planted cowpea IT96D-452-1 gave a higher sorghum yield of 3709 kg/ha.
- Material
- IT96D-452-1e2
- Treatment
- intra-row mixture of sorghum and densely planted cowpea variety, IT96D-452-1e2
- Outcome
- yielde2
- Direction
- highere2
- Value
- 3709 kg/hae2
SorghumNot reportedGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“effect of intrarow and interrow mixing of sorghum with two varieties of cowpea on host crop yield in a Striga hermonthica infested field”
e2“A significantly (P≤0.05) higher yield (3709 kg/ha) was obtained with intra-row mixture of sorghum and densely planted cowpea variety, IT96D-452-1”
Title
BS Aliyu; A. M. Emechebe African Journal of Agricultural Research 2006. doi:10.5897/ajar.9000210
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Sorghum grown alone had the highest number of Striga per sorghum plant.
- Intervention effect Sorghum grown alone had the lowest yield, 2370 kg/ha.
- Intervention effect Intra-row mixture with densely planted cowpea IT96D-452-1 had the least number of Striga per net plot and per plant.
- Mechanism The cowpea trap crop may stimulate suicidal germination of Striga seeds, lowering Striga damage to sorghum.
- Intervention effect A sorghum to cowpea ratio of 1:13 improves the productivity of the system.
- Intervention effect A sorghum to cowpea ratio of 1:13 suppresses the germination of Striga seeds.