Determination of land productivity under maize-cowpea intercropping system in agro-ecological zone of mount Uluguru in Morogoro, Tanzania.
| dc.contributor.author | Nyasasi, Beatrice Thomas | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kisetu, Eliakira | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-13T12:13:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-07-13T12:13:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description | Journal Article | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The present study assessed the response of maize (Zea mays L.) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) under sole and intercropping systems. It also determined potential of intercropping system with respect to the proportion of land used for cultivation and the area of land saved. Results indicated that the above-ground total biological yield in sole maize (31.8 t ha-1 ) was insignificantly (p=0.055) larger than in maize (26.7 t ha-1 ) intercropped with cowpea. The yield in sole maize (6.53 t ha-1 ) was significantly (p=0.003) higher than in maize (6.47 t ha-1 ) intercropped with cowpea. The mean number of pods per plant in sole cowpea (7.7) was significantly (p=0.039) higher than in cowpea (6.8) intercropped with maize. In addition, the mean number of seeds per pod in cowpea intercropped with maize (15.0) was significantly (p=0.009) lower than in sole cowpea (15.43). Furthermore, cowpea seed yield in sole cowpea (6.7 t ha-1 ) was significantly (p=0.022) higher than in intercrop (6.25 t ha-1 ). Further to that, the land equivalent coefficient between maize and cowpea was 0.92 and the competitive ratio between the two crops when intercropped was 1.07. The land saved when the two crops were intercropped was 47.9%. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5374 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Global Journal of Agricultural Sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Maize yield | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cowpea yield | en_US |
| dc.subject | Land equivalent ratio | en_US |
| dc.subject | Land saved | en_US |
| dc.title | Determination of land productivity under maize-cowpea intercropping system in agro-ecological zone of mount Uluguru in Morogoro, Tanzania. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |