Claim · model-written summary
Cowpea intercropping increased okra-equivalent yield to a maximum of 34.98 tonnes/ha.
- Taxon
- okra
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Abelmoschus esculentuse2 - Treatment
- Intercropping of cowpeae1
- Outcome
- okra-equivalent yielde2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Value
- 34.98 tonnes/hae2
- Qualifier
- 16.31 tonnes/hae2
- Comparator
- pure crop of okrae2
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“Intercropping of cowpea gave 60 per cent reduced yield of okra”
e2“the okra-equivalent yield increased to a maximum of 34.98 tonnes/ha raising the productivity by 31–53 per cent compared with other intercropping combinations as well as pure crop of okra (16.31 tonnes/ha)”
Title
Production potential and economics of vegetables intercropped with rainfed okra
Ranjana Singh Indian Journal of Horticulture 1993
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Cowpea intercropping reduced okra yield by 60 per cent.
- Intervention effect Cowpea intercropping raised productivity by 31–53 per cent over other intercropping combinations and pure okra.
- Intervention effect Okra plus French bean intercropping gave the least okra-equivalent yield, 12.19 tonnes/ha.
- Intervention effect Okra plus cowpea gave the highest land-equivalent ratio, 1.3.
- Intervention effect Okra plus cauliflower gave the next highest land-equivalent ratio, 1.2.
- Intervention effect Cowpea intercropping produced a significantly higher net return, Rs. 36824.
- Intervention effect Pure tomato gave the highest net profit, followed by okra plus cowpea intercropping.