Effect of intercropping cassava with some legume crops on growth, yield and yield components under sandy soil conditions [electronic resource].

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Two field experiments were carried out at South Tahrir Research Station (Ali Moubarak) in 2004/2005 & 200512006 seasons to study the effect of intereropping groundnut or soybean with cassava under different intereropping patterns; cassava plants alternated with two or four rows of thebasecrop, i.e, cassava: base crop (1:2), (1:4) and three dates of planting cassava slakes (mid of March, first and mid of April). A split - split plot design was used. Data concerning the effoct of date of planting cassava indicated that maximum yield of cassava tubers was associated with the first of April planting, whereas, minimum yield was obtained at the earliest date (mid ofMarch). Cassava yield wassuperior when plants were grown in (1:2) to those orientated in (1:4). Cassava yield when plants were grown with soybean exceeded those grown with groundnut The results of the basecrop indicated that groundnut and soybean grown in four rows at the latest date (m d of April) bad the highest yield, whereas, the lowest yields of the basecrop wereassociated with the earliest date. The highest Land Equivalent Ratio (LERs) (1.53 ;and 1.59) were obtained when four rows of groundnut were grown with cassava at mid of April in both seasons. LERs of soybean reached the maximum (1.48 and 1.62) when same treatments were applied. Cassava was the dominated crop when intercropped with groundnut, and in most cases with soybean.

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