Effect of spacing and shoot number per plant on growth, yield and quality of cassava (Manihot esculenta crantz)
1990
Ocitti, P | Baguma, Y.K. | Mateeka, B. (Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Kampala (Uganda). Namulonge Research Station)
The effects of spacing and number of shoot/plant on growth, yield and quality of cassava were studied at Serere Research Station between Sept. 1983 and 1984 and at Namulonge Research Station between May 1989 and May 1990. The number of shoots had no significant effect on yield at 3 to 9 months after planting (MAP). Triple shoot system (TSS) gave the highest mean fresh tuber yield 28.70 tonnes/ha while single shoot system (SSS) gave the least mean fresh tuber yield of 26.58 tonnes/ha. High average fresh tuber yield of 28.95 tonnes/ha was observed at a spacing of 1 m by 1 m. Yield and quality decreased with increasing plant population in SSS, TSS and quadruple shoot system (QSS). Thus a spacing of 1 m by 1 m with a TSS was recommended for erect high branching cassava varieties to attain maximum fresh yield and high quality tubers.
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