Abstract
SUMMARY In a study of the optimum population for melon when intercropped with maize, melon at 5000, 10 000, 15 000 and 20 000 plants ha −1 was intercropped with maize at 40 000 plants ha −1 . Melon biomass and seed yield increased linearly with population density in mixed and pure stands while maize yield components were virtually unaffected. Intercropping reduced melon seed yields, mainly because of a reduction in number of fruits per plant, but did not affect seed size. For good weed and erosion control and increased total yields, maize can be intercropped with up to 20 000 plants ha −1 of melon.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Melon biomass and seed yield rose linearly with density in mixed and pure stands.
- Taxon
- Melon
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Cucumis melot0 - Outcome
- Melon biomass and seed yielde0
- Direction
- increased linearlye0
- Setting
- mixed and pure standse0
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Verbatim
e0“Melon biomass and seed yield increased linearly with population density in mixed and pure stands”
t0“Melon (Colocynthis vulgaris)”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize yield components were virtually unaffected by melon density.
Zea maysNot reportedTreatmentComparator
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Verbatim
e0“maize yield components were virtually unaffected”
t0“Maize (Zea mays)”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping reduced melon seed yield.
- Taxon
- MelonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- Intercroppinge0
- Outcome
- melon seed yieldse0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Intercropping reduced melon seed yields”
t0“Melon (Colocynthis vulgaris)”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping reduced fruit number per melon plant.
- Taxon
- MelonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- Intercroppingt1
- Outcome
- number of fruits per plante0
- Direction
- reductione0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“mainly because of a reduction in number of fruits per plant”
t0“Melon (Colocynthis vulgaris)”
t1“Intercropping reduced melon seed yields”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping did not affect melon seed size.
- Taxon
- MelonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- Intercroppingt1
- Outcome
- seed sizee0
- Direction
- did not affecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“did not affect seed size”
t0“Melon (Colocynthis vulgaris)”
t1“Intercropping reduced melon seed yields”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend intercropping maize with up to 20 000 plants ha −1 melon for weed and erosion control and total yield.
- Outcome
- maize can be intercropped with up to 20 000 plants ha −1 of melone0
- Qualifier
- good weed and erosion control and increased total yieldse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“For good weed and erosion control and increased total yields, maize can be intercropped with up to 20 000 plants ha −1 of melon”
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