TITLE:
Root Length Density in Maize/Cowpea Intercropping under a Basin Tillage System in a Semi-Arid Area of Zimbabwe
AUTHORS:
E. D. N. Dube, T. Madanzi, A. Kapenzi, E. Masvaya
KEYWORDS:
Intercropping, Competition, Root Length Density, Grain Yield
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.5 No.11,
May
14,
2014
ABSTRACT: A study to assess the
effect of intercropping maize (Zea mays L.) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.)
within the same basin or outside the basin on root length density (RLD) was
conducted at the International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT) Matopos Research Station from December 2009 to April 2010. The
experiment was laid out in a Randomised Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four
treatments replicated four times namely; sole maize, sole cowpea, maize-cowpea
intercrop with cowpea and maize planted within the same basin and maize-cowpea
intercrop with cowpea planted 20 cm outside the maize basin. There was
significant difference (P