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Table 5. Effect of methods of l<strong>and</strong> preparation on the yield of two cassava cultivars<br />
in Mondomito, Cauca, Colombia in 1981-82.<br />
Root yield (t/ha)<br />
Treatments CMC MCol<br />
92 113<br />
Without l<strong>and</strong> preparation 10.8 10.4<br />
H<strong>and</strong> preparation of planting holes (with hoe) 17.9 12.3<br />
Preparation with oxen-drawn plow 16.0 11.6<br />
Oxen-plowing followed by ridging 15.0 10.0<br />
~reparation with tractor-mounted rototiller 15.7 14.1<br />
Rototilling followed by ridging 16.8 10.9<br />
Strip preparation with hoe, alternated<br />
by 1-meter unprepared strips 12.2 9.7<br />
Strip preparation with rototiller alternated<br />
with 1-meter unprepared strips 13.5 9.5<br />
LSD (5%) 4.0 1.8<br />
Source: Howeler <strong>and</strong> Cadavid, 1984.
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