Abstract
An experiment was carried out during the raining season of the year 2007 at the Teaching and Research Farm of Oyo State College of Education (Now Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo), Lanlate Campus, to investigate the effect of geometric row arrangement on the growth and yield of cowpea in a maize-cowpea intercrop. There were 1:1, 1:2 and 2:1 maize/cowpea row arrangement with a sole crop of cowpea as control. The experiment was laid on out in a Random Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replicates, No significant difference among the growth parameter (plant height, number of leaves and number of branches) intercropped and the sole cowpea plants (p<0.05). However cowpea intercropped with maize at 1:1 row arrangement recorded highest grain yield per plant and consequently per hectare than those of 1:2 and 2:1 row arrangement, though not significant difference from them. It is hereby recommended that cowpea and maize should be planted at 1:1 row arrangement.
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Claims 3
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropped and sole cowpea did not differ significantly in plant height, leaf number or branch number.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatae0 - Treatment
- intercroppede0
- Outcome
- plant height, number of leaves and number of branchese0
- Direction
- No significant differencee0
- Comparator
- sole cowpea plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Yield of Cowpea”
e0“No significant difference among the growth parameter (plant height, number of leaves and number of branches) intercropped and the sole cowpea plants (p<0.05).”
Claim · model-written summary
Cowpea at a 1:1 maize/cowpea row arrangement had the highest grain yield per plant and hectare among the intercrop arrangements, without a significant difference.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae0
- Treatment
- 1:1 row arrangemente0
- Outcome
- grain yield per plant and consequently per hectaree0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- 1:2 and 2:1 row arrangemente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Yield of Cowpea”
e0“cowpea intercropped with maize at 1:1 row arrangement recorded highest grain yield per plant and consequently per hectare than those of 1:2 and 2:1 row arrangement, though not significant difference from them.”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend planting cowpea and maize in a 1:1 row arrangement.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae0
- Outcome
- planted at 1:1 row arrangemente0
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Yield of Cowpea”
e0“cowpea and maize should be planted at 1:1 row arrangement.”
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