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Table 11.Interaction effect of the intercropped cowpea varieties and plant populations on height
of cowpea in maize/cowpea intercropping.
Population of cowpea
Cowpea varieties
50% 75% 100%
Kenketi 36.13 ab 36.67 abc 36.80 abc
Black eye bean 36.80 abc 36.80 abc 38.07 bc
Bole 35.23 a 38.70 cd 40.50 d
Intercrop
Sole crop
Variety x Density
Cropping system
37.30 a
35.14 b
LSD0.05 1.205 1.735
CV (%) 1.89 6.02
NS = non-significant, CV (%) = coefficient of variation in %, LSD = least significant difference
at 5% level of significance , Means in column and followed by the same letters are not significantly
different at 5% level of significance according to LSD test
According to Keating and Carberry (1993) increased plant height of the lower component is typical
responses in the intercrop due to increase far: red ratio what is this intercepted at the lower levels
of the intercrop canopy. Similarly, Carr et al. (1995) found intercropping wheat and lentil increased
lentil plant height in intercrop compared to its monocrop.
Number of branches per plant
The ANOVA result showed that the number of branches per plant was not significantly (p>0.05)
affected by neither population density of cowpea nor the interaction of population density and
varieties of cowpea as well as cropping system (Appendix Table 5). In spite of this finding, Daniel
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