Abstract
A study was conducted to assess competitive guide in intercropping cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) to enhance both crops' productivity. Field experiments were performed at Sakha Horticultural Research Station in North Delta during the 2022 and 2023 growing seasons. The research examined the impact of intercropping cassava with bottle gourd at varying cassava plant densities (2.0 x0.5 m, 2.0 x1.0 m, and 2.0 x 1.5 m) while maintaining a constant 2 x 1 spacing for bottle gourd on the growth, yield, and yield elements from both crops. A randomized complete block design with three repetitions was utilized for the study. The findings make known that the highest cassava root yield was achieved with the closest cassava wideness (2.0 x 0.5 m). Conversely, the greatest bottle gourd yield was observed when intercropped with cassava at the widest cassava plant spacing (2.0 x1.5 m) through both seasons. The maximum total land equivalent ratio (LER) was achieved whenever cassava was planted at 2.0 x 1.0 m spacing and intercropped with bottle gourd in the two seasons. For the maximum total area time equivalent ratio (ATER), 2.0 x 0.5 and 2.0 x 1.0 gave the highest values without significant differences.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
The closest cassava spacing (2.0 x 0.5 m) gave the highest cassava root yield.
- Taxon
- cassava
Manihot esculentae1 - Treatment
- closest cassava wideness (2.0 x 0.5 m)e1
- Outcome
- cassava root yielde1
- Direction
- higheste1
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Verbatim
e1“the highest cassava root yield was achieved with the closest cassava wideness (2.0 x 0.5 m)”
Claim · model-written summary
Bottle gourd intercropped with cassava at the widest spacing (2.0 x 1.5 m) gave the greatest bottle gourd yield.
- Taxon
- bottle gourd
Lagenaria sicerariae2 - Treatment
- intercropped with cassava at the widest cassava plant spacing (2.0 x1.5 m)e2
- Outcome
- bottle gourd yielde2
- Direction
- greateste2
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Verbatim
e2“the greatest bottle gourd yield was observed when intercropped with cassava at the widest cassava plant spacing (2.0 x1.5 m)”
Claim · model-written summary
Cassava planted at 2.0 x 1.0 m and intercropped with bottle gourd gave the maximum total land equivalent ratio.
- Taxon
- cassavaManihot esculentae3
- Treatment
- cassava was planted at 2.0 x 1.0 m spacing and intercropped with bottle gourde3
- Outcome
- total land equivalent ratio (LER)e3
- Direction
- maximume3
- Qualifier
- in the two seasonse3
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e3“The maximum total land equivalent ratio (LER) was achieved whenever cassava was planted at 2.0 x 1.0 m spacing and intercropped with bottle gourd in the two seasons”
Claim · model-written summary
Cassava at 2.0 x 0.5 m and 2.0 x 1.0 m gave the highest total area time equivalent ratio, without significant difference between them.
- Taxon
- CassavaManihot esculentat0
- Treatment
- 2.0 x 0.5 and 2.0 x 1.0e4
- Outcome
- total area time equivalent ratio (ATER)e4
- Direction
- higheste4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Optimizing Cassava and Bottle Gourd Intercrop Yields”
e4“For the maximum total area time equivalent ratio (ATER), 2.0 x 0.5 and 2.0 x 1.0 gave the highest values without significant differences”
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