Intercropping Maize + Sorghum in the Guinea Savanna Zone of Ghana
Keywords:
Spatial arrangement, Time of planting, Maize sorghum intercrop Grower recommendations, Resource poor farmer
Abstract
Field experiments were conducted from 1989 to 1992 to investigate the effect of spatial arrangement and time of planting on the performance of a maize + sorghum intercrop in an attempt to provide grower recommendations for the resource poor farmers. Maize and sorghum grain yield or plant height were not significantly affected by growing them in alternate-row or within-row arrangements. However, delaying interplanting of sorghum in maize by 15 days increased maize grain yield by 19% - 77% compared to simultaneous planting of the two crops. The corresponding value fora 30 day delay was 25% - 73% . Conversely, sorghum grain yield was depressed by 29% - 95% and 39 -98% when interplanting of sorghum was delayed by 15 and 30 days, respectively.
Published
2016-01-27
How to Cite
Aflakpui, G. K., Ampong, J., Allou, P., & Dakurah, A. (2016). Intercropping Maize + Sorghum in the Guinea Savanna Zone of Ghana . Journal of Science and Technology, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.4314/just.v14i2.976
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