Abstract
ABSTRACT Field studies were conducted in 1998 and 1999 at Ondo, Nigeria, to determine the effect of planting patterns on growth and yield of tomato-cowpea in intercropping. Planting pattern affected vegetative growth and yields of both tomatoes and cowpeas significantly. Growth and grim yields of cowpea were significantly depressed in all the crop combinations especially when paired rows of tomato were intercropped with a row of cowpeas (TC 2:1). Reducing the proportion of tomatoes in the cropping patterns improved performance of cowpea. Cowpea performed best when a row of tomato was alternated with paired rows of cowpea (TC 1:2). Growth and yield of tomato in the 2:1 planting pattern were greater than those in the 1:1 and 1:2 patterns. The yield advantage in terms of Relative Yield Total (RYT) ranged from 2.0–22.0% among the treatments. The highest RYT value of 1.22 was obtained when paired rows of tomato were intercropped with a row of cowpea.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Planting patterns significantly affected vegetative growth and yields of tomatoes and cowpeas.
- Taxon
- tomatoes and cowpeas
Vigna unguiculata
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- Planting patterne0
- Outcome
- vegetative growth and yieldse0
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Verbatim
e0“Planting pattern affected vegetative growth and yields of both tomatoes and cowpeas significantly.”
Claim · model-written summary
Cowpea growth and grim yields were significantly depressed in crop combinations, especially TC 2:1.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae0
- Treatment
- paired rows of tomato were intercropped with a row of cowpeas (TC 2:1)e0
- Interactor
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0other
- Outcome
- Growth and grim yieldse0
- Direction
- depressede0
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Verbatim
e0“Growth and grim yields of cowpea were significantly depressed in all the crop combinations especially when paired rows of tomato were intercropped with a row of cowpeas (TC 2:1).”
Claim · model-written summary
Reducing the proportion of tomatoes improved cowpea performance.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae0
- Treatment
- Reducing the proportion of tomatoese0
- Interactor
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0other
- Outcome
- performance of cowpeae0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Reducing the proportion of tomatoes in the cropping patterns improved performance of cowpea.”
Claim · model-written summary
Cowpea performed best under the TC 1:2 pattern.
- Taxon
- CowpeaVigna unguiculatae0
- Treatment
- a row of tomato was alternated with paired rows of cowpea (TC 1:2)e0
- Interactor
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0other
- Outcome
- performed beste0
- Direction
- beste0
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Verbatim
e0“Cowpea performed best when a row of tomato was alternated with paired rows of cowpea (TC 1:2).”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato growth and yield were greater in the 2:1 pattern than in 1:1 and 1:2.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- 2:1 planting patterne0
- Outcome
- Growth and yielde0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Comparator
- 1:1 and 1:2 patternse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Growth and yield of tomato in the 2:1 planting pattern were greater than those in the 1:1 and 1:2 patterns.”
Claim · model-written summary
Relative Yield Total advantage ranged from 2.0–22.0% among treatments.
Verbatim
e0“The yield advantage in terms of Relative Yield Total (RYT) ranged from 2.0–22.0% among the treatments.”
t0“Tomato-Cowpea”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest RYT, 1.22, occurred with paired tomato rows and one cowpea row.
Verbatim
e0“The highest RYT value of 1.22 was obtained when paired rows of tomato were intercropped with a row of cowpea.”
t0“Tomato-Cowpea”
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