Claim · model-written summary
Undersown legumes depressed cassava yield by at least 40%.
- Taxon
- cassava
Manihot esculentae0 - Treatment
- undersown legumese0
- Outcome
- yields of cassavae0
- Direction
- depressede0
- Value
- 40% or moree0
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Verbatim
e0“undersown legumes controlled erosion effectively, though yields of cassava were depressed by 40% or more.”
t0“Cassava”
Title
D. E. Leihner; M. Ruppenthal; T. H. Hilger; et al. Experimental Agriculture 1996. doi:10.1017/s0014479700026260
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Sole cropping on contour ridges gave the best erosion control.
- Intervention effect Sole cropping on contour ridges gave the best cassava fresh root yields.
- Intervention effect Forage legume intercropping caused greater erosion than sole cassava in the first cropping period.
- Intervention effect Established, uniformly distributed undersown legumes controlled erosion effectively.
- Intervention effect Dense grass contour barriers decreased erosion to tolerable levels.
- Mechanism Grass competition and reduced cropping area lowered cassava yields.
- Recommendation The authors suggest forage production and increased cassava density can compensate for lower yields.