Abstract
The interrow spacing commonly used in cassava cultivation in Brazil, especially in the Agreste region of Alagoas, ranges from 100 to 120cm. However, the reduction in row spacing can provide agronomic and environmental benefits in cassava cropping systems. Thus, this work aimed to evaluate the performance of two cassava varieties cultivated with reduced interrow spacing. Two experiments were conducted in the field, one in 2015/16 and another in 2017/18. A Split Plot design with four replications was used in both experiments. Four interrow spacing were evaluated in the main plot: 60, 80, 100 and 120cm, with plants spaced 60cm apart within rows, giving populations of 27,778, 20,833, 16,667 and 13,889 plants per hectare, respectively. In the subplots, two cassava varieties were evaluated: Caravela and Pretinha. An increase in interrow spacing promoted a linear reduction in the stem green mass of cassava. Plant height, leaf green mass, main stem diameter, root yield, tuberous root length, tuberous root diameter, flour percentage, flour yield, and starch content were not influenced by changes in interrow spacing. The Pretinha variety was superior to Caravela in the following evaluated traits: stem green mass, the diameter of tuberous roots, root yield, plant height, and flour yield. The results indicate the possibility of altering the interrow spacing in cassava to assist in the cultural management, without impacting crop yield.
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Claim · model-written summary
Increasing interrow spacing caused a linear reduction in the stem green mass of cassava.
- Taxon
- cassava
Manihot esculentae0 - Treatment
- increase in interrow spacinge0
- Outcome
- stem green masse0
- Direction
- reductione0
- Qualifier
- lineare0
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e0“An increase in interrow spacing promoted a linear reduction in the stem green mass of cassava”
Claim · model-written summary
Plant height, leaf green mass and main stem diameter of cassava were not influenced by changes in interrow spacing.
- Taxon
- cassavaManihot esculentat0
- Treatment
- interrow spacinge0
- Outcome
- Plant height, leaf green mass, main stem diametere0
- Direction
- not influencede0
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t0“cassava”
e0“Plant height, leaf green mass, main stem diameter, root yield, tuberous root length, tuberous root diameter, flour percentage, flour yield, and starch content were not influenced by changes in interrow spacing”
Claim · model-written summary
Root yield, tuberous root length and tuberous root diameter of cassava were not influenced by changes in interrow spacing.
- Taxon
- cassavaManihot esculentat0
- Treatment
- interrow spacinge0
- Outcome
- root yield, tuberous root length, tuberous root diametere0
- Direction
- not influencede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“cassava”
e0“Plant height, leaf green mass, main stem diameter, root yield, tuberous root length, tuberous root diameter, flour percentage, flour yield, and starch content were not influenced by changes in interrow spacing”
Claim · model-written summary
Flour percentage, flour yield and starch content of cassava were not influenced by changes in interrow spacing.
- Taxon
- cassavaManihot esculentat0
- Treatment
- interrow spacinge0
- Outcome
- flour percentage, flour yield, and starch contente0
- Direction
- not influencede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“cassava”
e0“Plant height, leaf green mass, main stem diameter, root yield, tuberous root length, tuberous root diameter, flour percentage, flour yield, and starch content were not influenced by changes in interrow spacing”
Claim · model-written summary
The Pretinha variety was superior to Caravela in stem green mass, tuberous root diameter and root yield.
- Taxon
- cassavaManihot esculentat0
- Treatment
- Pretinha varietye0
- Outcome
- stem green mass, the diameter of tuberous roots, root yielde0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Comparator
- Caravelae0
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Verbatim
t0“cassava”
e0“The Pretinha variety was superior to Caravela in the following evaluated traits: stem green mass, the diameter of tuberous roots, root yield, plant height, and flour yield”
Claim · model-written summary
The Pretinha variety was superior to Caravela in plant height and flour yield.
- Taxon
- cassavaManihot esculentat0
- Treatment
- Pretinha varietye0
- Outcome
- plant height, and flour yielde0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Comparator
- Caravelae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“cassava”
e0“The Pretinha variety was superior to Caravela in the following evaluated traits: stem green mass, the diameter of tuberous roots, root yield, plant height, and flour yield”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that interrow spacing in cassava can be altered to assist cultural management without impacting crop yield.
- Taxon
- cassavaManihot esculentae0
- Outcome
- altering the interrow spacinge0
- Qualifier
- without impacting crop yielde0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The results indicate the possibility of altering the interrow spacing in cassava to assist in the cultural management, without impacting crop yield”
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