Abstract
Cultural practices which increase the amount of insect pressure can also increase the amount of lodging that occurs in the corn crop. Studies were therefore carried out, in the late crop- ping seasons of 2002 and 2003, on the effect of corn planting densi- ties and geometry with soybean on corn lodging and infestations by stem borers. Treatments comprised three corn population densities of 40 000, 60 000 and 80 000 plants ha -1 and three geometrical arrangements of corn-soybean mixtures of 1:1, 1:2 and 1:3, in all possible combinations. There were also three sole crop populations of corn and one of soybean. This resulted in 13 treatments which were laid out in field plots in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Results of the studies showed that increasing corn population significantly (P<0.05) increased corn-stalk lodging and plant height, but significantly reduced the stalk diameter, shoot dry weight and infestations and damage by borers on corn, as well as the grain yields of corn and soybean. This is such that plants at 80 000 stands ha -1 recorded the highest amount of lodged stalks and the tallest plants, but the least stalk girth, shoot dry weight, infestation and damage by corn borers. The lowest grain yield was also obtained at this density. Differences in geometrical arrangements of corn-soybean and its interaction effects with planting density among these parameters did not attain any level of statistical significance. Similarly, the effect of intercropping corn with soybean did not produce any significant result on corn with respect to these parameters. These results are discussed in the light of corn planting densities and geometric arrangements with soybean, on corn production.
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Claim · model-written summary
Increasing corn density significantly increased lodging and plant height.
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- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayst0 - Treatment
- increasing corn populatione0
- Outcome
- corn-stalk lodging and plant heighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Claim · model-written summary
Increasing corn density significantly reduced stalk diameter and shoot dry weight.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- increasing corn populatione0
- Outcome
- stalk diameter, shoot dry weighte0
- Direction
- reducede0
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e0“increasing corn population significantly (P<0.05) increased corn-stalk lodging and plant height, but significantly reduced the stalk diameter, shoot dry weight”
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Increasing corn density significantly reduced borer infestation and damage.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- increasing corn populatione0
- Interactor
- borerse0pest
- Outcome
- infestations and damage by borers on corne0
- Direction
- reducede0
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e0“increasing corn population significantly (P<0.05) increased corn-stalk lodging and plant height, but significantly reduced the stalk diameter, shoot dry weight and infestations and damage by borers on corn”
t0“corn”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing corn density significantly reduced corn and soybean grain yields.
- Taxon
- corn and soybean
Glycine maxZea mays subsp. mayse0 - Treatment
- increasing corn populatione0
- Outcome
- grain yields of corn and soybeane0
- Direction
- reducede0
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Verbatim
e0“increasing corn population significantly (P<0.05) increased corn-stalk lodging and plant height, but significantly reduced the stalk diameter, shoot dry weight and infestations and damage by borers on corn, as well as the grain yields of corn and soybean.”
Claim · model-written summary
Planting geometry and its interaction with density had no significant effects on the measured parameters.
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e0“Differences in geometrical arrangements of corn-soybean and its interaction effects with planting density among these parameters did not attain any level of statistical significance.”
Claim · model-written summary
Corn-soybean intercropping had no significant effect on the measured corn parameters.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse0
- Treatment
- intercropping corn with soybeane0
- Outcome
- these parameterse0
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Verbatim
e0“the effect of intercropping corn with soybean did not produce any significant result on corn with respect to these parameters.”
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