Abstract
Burkina Faso livestock feeding is characterized by a hot dry season fodder deficit, which affects animal performance and causes economic losses. To overcome this challenge, improving quality fodder production through the use of dual-purpose crops is a potential alternative. Hence, this study aimed at testing dual-purpose cultivars of sorghum and cowpea under monoculture and intercropping in the North Sudan zone in Burkina Faso. To do this, a “ Mother and Baby trials ” approach was adopted. The mother trial was designed as a randomized complete block with eight treatments (combinations of monoculture and intercropping systems for two cowpeas and two sorghum cultivars) and four replications during two cropping seasons (2019 and 2020) at the INERA research station in Saria. The on-farm “ baby ” trials involved 30 farmers during two cropping seasons (2019 and 2020) in four communes: Koudougou, Poa, Nandiala, and Kokologo . Data were collected on weed biomass and density, fodder biomass and grain yield, intercropping efficiency, and fodder nutritive value. The results of the mother trial showed that intercropping significantly (p ≤ 0.05) reduced weed density and weed biomass. Sorghum cultivar Ponta Negra had the highest fodder biomass yield (10.05 kg DM/ha) while sorghum Sariaso16 had the highest grain yield (4.42 kg/ha). Cowpea cultivar KVx745-11P had greater fodder biomass (4.72 kg DM/ha) than Tiligré (3.28 kg DM/ha) with similar grain yield (2.17 and 2.17 kg/ha). Intercropping was the most efficient land-use cropping system for fodder biomass and grain yield improvement both in mother and baby trials. For fodder nutritive value, cultivars Sariaso16 and Ponta Negra had similar crude protein concentrations (ranging from 4.1 to 5.4%), and cowpea cultivar KVx745-11P haulms had greater crude protein (ranging from 16.9 to 20.3%). The use of Ponta Negra and KVx745-11P and Sariaso16 and KVx745-11P under intercropping is likely to optimize grain and quality fodder production for crop-livestock farmers in the North Sudan zone.
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Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping significantly reduced weed density and weed biomass in sorghum and cowpea.
- Taxon
- sorghum and cowpea
Vigna unguiculata
Sorghume0 - Treatment
- intercroppinge1
- Interactor
- weede1weed
- Outcome
- weed density and weed biomasse1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Comparator
- monoculturee0
- Setting
- North Sudan zone in Burkina Fasoe0
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Verbatim
e0“testing dual-purpose cultivars of sorghum and cowpea under monoculture and intercropping in the North Sudan zone in Burkina Faso”
e1“The results of the mother trial showed that intercropping significantly (p ≤ 0.05) reduced weed density and weed biomass”
Claim · model-written summary
Sorghum cultivar Ponta Negra had the highest fodder biomass yield.
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Verbatim
e0“testing dual-purpose cultivars of sorghum and cowpea under monoculture and intercropping in the North Sudan zone in Burkina Faso”
e2“Sorghum cultivar Ponta Negra had the highest fodder biomass yield (10.05 kg DM/ha)”
Claim · model-written summary
Sorghum cultivar Sariaso16 had the highest grain yield.
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Verbatim
e0“testing dual-purpose cultivars of sorghum and cowpea under monoculture and intercropping in the North Sudan zone in Burkina Faso”
e3“sorghum Sariaso16 had the highest grain yield (4.42 kg/ha)”
Claim · model-written summary
Cowpea cultivar KVx745-11P had greater fodder biomass than Tiligré.
- Taxon
- CowpeaVigna unguiculatae4
- Material
- KVx745-11Pe4
- Outcome
- fodder biomasse4
- Direction
- greatere4
- Value
- 4.72 kg DM/hae4
- Comparator
- Tiligrée4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“Cowpea cultivar KVx745-11P had greater fodder biomass (4.72 kg DM/ha) than Tiligré (3.28 kg DM/ha) with similar grain yield (2.17 and 2.17 kg/ha)”
Claim · model-written summary
Cowpea cultivars KVx745-11P and Tiligré had similar grain yield.
- Taxon
- CowpeaVigna unguiculatae4
- Outcome
- grain yielde4
- Direction
- similare4
- Value
- 2.17 and 2.17 kg/hae4
- Comparator
- Tiligrée4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“Cowpea cultivar KVx745-11P had greater fodder biomass (4.72 kg DM/ha) than Tiligré (3.28 kg DM/ha) with similar grain yield (2.17 and 2.17 kg/ha)”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping was the most efficient land-use system for fodder biomass and grain yield improvement in both mother and baby trials.
- Taxon
- sorghum and cowpeaVigna unguiculataSorghume0
- Treatment
- Intercroppinge5
- Outcome
- fodder biomass and grain yield improvemente5
- Direction
- improvemente5
- Comparator
- monoculturee0
- Setting
- mother and baby trialse5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“testing dual-purpose cultivars of sorghum and cowpea under monoculture and intercropping in the North Sudan zone in Burkina Faso”
e5“Intercropping was the most efficient land-use cropping system for fodder biomass and grain yield improvement both in mother and baby trials”
Claim · model-written summary
Sariaso16 and Ponta Negra had similar crude protein concentrations of 4.1 to 5.4%.
- Material
- Sariaso16 and Ponta Negrae6
- Outcome
- crude protein concentrationse6
- Direction
- similare6
- Value
- 4.1 to 5.4%e6
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Verbatim
e0“testing dual-purpose cultivars of sorghum and cowpea under monoculture and intercropping in the North Sudan zone in Burkina Faso”
e6“cultivars Sariaso16 and Ponta Negra had similar crude protein concentrations (ranging from 4.1 to 5.4%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Cowpea cultivar KVx745-11P haulms had greater crude protein, 16.9 to 20.3%.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae7
- Material
- KVx745-11Pe7
- Organ / stage
- haulmse7
- Outcome
- crude proteine7
- Direction
- greatere7
- Value
- 16.9 to 20.3%e7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“testing dual-purpose cultivars of sorghum and cowpea under monoculture and intercropping in the North Sudan zone in Burkina Faso”
e7“cowpea cultivar KVx745-11P haulms had greater crude protein (ranging from 16.9 to 20.3%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Use of the named sorghum and cowpea cultivar pairs under intercropping is likely to optimize grain and quality fodder production.
- Taxon
- sorghum and cowpeaVigna unguiculataSorghume0
- Outcome
- grain and quality fodder productione7
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Verbatim
e0“testing dual-purpose cultivars of sorghum and cowpea under monoculture and intercropping in the North Sudan zone in Burkina Faso”
e7“cowpea cultivar KVx745-11P haulms had greater crude protein (ranging from 16.9 to 20.3%). The use of Ponta Negra and KVx745-11P and Sariaso16 and KVx745-11P under intercropping is likely to optimize grain and quality fodder production”
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