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Effects of Plant Population on Sole-crop Cassava in Sierra Leone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

W. Godfrey-Sam-Aggrey
W. Godfrey-Sam-Aggrey
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Njala University College, University of Sierra Leone, Njala, Sierra Leone†
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Summary

Effects of plant population on mean yield and yield components of 2-year sole cassava crops were studied on Njala upland soils of Sierra Leone in two experiments. Increasing plant population of multi-shoot Cocoa cassava over 7000/ha decreased all the parameters studied except top/root weight ratio, which increased. The observed effects were attributed to competition for environmental resources, since area of land/plant unit decreased as plant population increased. The relations between plant populations and yields of fresh root and cortex dry matter were asymptotic, indicating that the respective yields were products of the vegetative phase of cropping.

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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , July 1978 , pp. 239 - 244
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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