Claim · model-written summary
LERs were greater than one in many intercrops, indicating higher productivity of intercropping than sole cropping.
- Taxon
- sweetpotato
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Ipomoea batatast0 - Outcome
- LERse4
- Direction
- greatere4
- Value
- greater than one (LER>1)e4
- Qualifier
- in many of the intercropse4
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Verbatim
t0“sweetpotato-legume intercropping options in Malawi”
e4“LERs were greater than one (LER>1) in many of the intercrops, indicating higher productivity of intercropping over sole cropping”
Title
Gbenga Moses Akinwale; Harvey Chalie; Obed J. Mwenye; et al. Frontiers in Agronomy 2025. doi:10.3389/fagro.2025.1679366
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Association Variety architecture, location and intercropping system significantly influenced the yields and other traits of sweetpotato and soybean.
- Association Sweetpotato varieties responded differently to the spatial arrangements, indicating varietal effects on crop performance.
- Intervention effect Intercropping gave a significantly higher yield advantage than sole cropping, as shown by LERs.
- Intervention effect Chipika and Royal choice sweetpotato varieties intercropped in ratios 1:1 and 2:1 gave the highest LERs compared with Kadyaubwelere.
- Recommendation Chipika and Royal choice intercropped with soybean in the stated ratios are suggested for sweetpotato intensification in Malawi.