The effect of intercropping on the performance of maize (Zea mays) and cassava (Manihot esculenta)
1977
Abaka-Ewusi, K.
La Posta, a hybrid maize variety was intercropped with Ankra, an early maturing cassava variety in Ghana. Intercropping reduced vegetative growth and tuber yield of cassava. Decline in performance increased with increasing proportions of maize and when cassava was introduced late in the mixture. Intercropping appreciably reduced lodging when maize was grown at the conventional population of 40,000 plants/ha though this was not significantly different from corresponding pure stand treatment. Cassava and maize showed decline in yield in the mixtures but total cash values were higher than the pure stands
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