Water hyacinth-based vermicompost on yield, yield components, and yield advantage of cassava+groundnut intercropping system

Water hyacinth-based vermicompost on yield, yield components, and yield advantage of cassava+groundnut intercropping system

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  • Frank Oke Oroka Agricultural Science Unit, Department of Vocational Education, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria

Keywords:

Aggressivity, Eichhornia crassipes, Vermicompost, Land equivalent ratio

Abstract

A field trial was conducted to assess the potential of water haycinth [Eichhornia crassipes (Mart) Solms-Laubach] + animal manure (cow dung/poultry manure) compost for improving the productivity of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) + groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) intercropping system. The treatments consisted of four nutrient sources (control, 200 kg NPKMg of 12:12:17:2 mixture ha–1, 40 Mg ha–1 of water hyacinth+poultry manure vermicompost, and 40 Mg ha–1 water hyacinth+cow dung vermicompost), three cropping densities (50 000, 100 000, and 200 000 plants ha–1), and three cropping patterns (sole cassava, sole groundnut, and cassava+groundnut intercropping) in factorial randomized complete block design with three replicates. Sole groundnut yield decreased significantly (p< 0.05) when intercropped with cassava. However, water hyacinth-based vermicompost increased cassava fresh tuber yield over mineral fertilizer. Average land equivalent ratio (LER) and area time equivalent ratio (ATER) indicated 39% to 81% land utilization efficiency. Aggressivity index showed that cassava is the dominant crop in the cassava-groundnut intercropping system.

Author Biography

Frank Oke Oroka, Agricultural Science Unit, Department of Vocational Education, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria

Senior Lecturer with specialization in Farming System in the Department of Vocation Education

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17-10-2012

How to Cite

Oroka, F. O. (2012). Water hyacinth-based vermicompost on yield, yield components, and yield advantage of cassava+groundnut intercropping system. Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 50(1), 49–52. Retrieved from https://jtropag.kau.in/index.php/ojs2/article/view/266

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