Claim · model-written summary
Forage legume intercropping caused greater erosion than sole cassava in the first cropping period.
- Taxon
- cassava
Manihot esculentae0 - Treatment
- forage legume intercroppinge0
- Outcome
- Erosione0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Qualifier
- first cropping periode0
- Comparator
- cassava sole croppinge0
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Verbatim
e0“Erosion was greater with forage legume intercropping than with cassava sole cropping in the first cropping period”
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 Established, uniformly distributed undersown legumes controlled erosion effectively.
- Intervention effect Undersown legumes depressed cassava yield by at least 40%.
- 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.