Effects of intercropping with maize on the micro-environment, growth and yield of cassava

Olasantan, F. O.; Ezumah, H.C.; Lucas, E. O.

doi:10.1016/0167-8809(96)01019-5

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“…Os demais arranjos não causaram prejuízos significativos à mandioca, embora em todos diminuíssem a produção total de massa fresca de raízes, da parte aérea e o índice de colheita (Tabela 4). Entretanto, OLASANTAN et al (1996) registraram vantagens ecológicas do consórcio entre mandioca e milho em relação ao cultivo "solteiro", o que pode ser notado em função do aporte de biomassa e cobertura do solo.…”

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Produtividade de raízes de mandioca consorciada com milho e caupi em sistema orgânico

Devide¹,

Ribeiro

Valle³

et al. 2009

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). A fabácea (leguminosa) cobriu por completo as entrelinhas da mandioca, demonstrando seu potencial de controle à erosão e a ervas espontâneas. O consórcio triplo mostrou-se vantajoso tendo em vista que a receita obtida com a venda do milho verde justificaria os custos da irrigação, além dos benefícios da inclusão do caupi e da não interferência dos consortes na produtividade da mandioca.Palavras-chave: Manihot esculenta, consórcio, adubação verde, agricultura orgânica.

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Produtividade de raízes de mandioca consorciada com milho e caupi em sistema orgânico

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Valle³

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“…Cassava requires little active management after the first 4-6 months following planting (i.e., after canopy establishment and closure [86]) and is compatible with many types of intercrops [21,36,135]. In Africa, for example, cassava is often grown as an intercrop on subsistence farms on marginal land [20,36,136,137]. Access to agricultural inputs, such as fertilisers and pesticides are often limited or non-existent in such situations [138].…”

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Cassava: The Drought, War and Famine Crop in a Changing World

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Cassava is the sixth most important crop, in terms of global annual production. Cassava is grown primarily for its starchy tuberous roots, which are an important staple for more than 800 million people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, but also in other parts of Africa, Asia, the Pacific and South America. Cassava is important for both small-scale farmers and larger-scale plantations due to its low requirement for nutrients, ability to tolerate dry conditions and easy low-cost propagation. It is sometimes referred to as the "drought, war and famine crop of the developing world" and reliance upon this crop is expected to increase in the coming years as the global climate changes. As with all crops, cassava presents some challenges which need to be addressed, especially if its production is to continue to expand. We highlight here a number of key issues around the continued and increased reliance upon cassava as a staple food crop. Cassava contains cyanogenic glycosides that release hydrogen cyanide and many cultivars are toxic if not processed before consumption. The degree of toxicity is altered by plant breeding, agricultural practice, environmental conditions and methods of food preparation. We conclude that use OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2010, 2 3573 of cassava has the potential to help many countries achieve food security in a sustainable manner, in the face of significant environmental change, but that its introduction should be accompanied by appropriate education about its toxicity.

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“…Previous studies of intercropping mainly focused on cereallegume intercrop: maize/soybean, cowpea or pea, pea/mille or wheat, which could be summarized as effects of high canopy crop on plant growth, biomass, yield and dry matter et al, and some about the proportion of components, soil nutrient and light distribution of sweet potato in intercropping system (Midmore et al, 1988;Marchiol et al, 1992;Oswald, 1994;Oswald et al, 1995;Olasantan et al, 1996;Aladesanwa and Adigun, 2008;Wahla et al, 2009;Bedoussac and Justes, 2010;Ghanbari et al, 2010;Islam et al, 2014;). The problems were that there were rare reports about shade-tolerance of sweet potato under different maize plant-types.…”

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Effect of Maize (Zea mays L.) Plant-Type on Yield and Photosynthetic Characters of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea balatas L.) in Intercropping System

Luo

Tang

et al. 2017

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Sweet potato/maize relay-cropping mode is considered as the main farming practices of dry land in Southwest China. Although relay-cropping would cause the reduction of fresh tuber yield, it still remained unclear that the reason was shade resulted from maize or genotype of sweet potato. The present work aims at exploring the effects of maize (Zea mays L.) planttype on photosynthetic physiology and yield of sweet potato (Ipomoea balatas L.) in relay-cropping system. Besides, three plant-types maize cultivars including compact, semi-compact and expanded type were used for relay-cropping with different sweet potato cultivars ('Yushu-2', 'Yushu-6' and 'Nanshu-88') in field. The results showed that the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) was declined with the increase of expansion of maize plant-type, which decreased by 77.5%, 80.1% and 82.1% respectively. When relay-cropped with extended maize, the yield reduction rate of sweet potato was the highest (67%). The shade-resistance of different genotype of sweet potatoes was different, and the yield reduction rate of 'Yushu-2' was the lowest (37.01%). Through conducting correlations analysis, it showed that fresh tuber yield had significant positive correlation with Effective Quantum Yield (Y(II)) and significant negative correlation with Non Photochemical Quenching Coefficient (NPQ). In terms of 'Yushu-2', the proportion of heat dissipation was the lowest, and its light quantum efficiency was higher than others. As a result, its reduction rate of yield was lower than the other two. We suggested that compact maize cultivar relay-cropping with strong shade-resistance sweet potato cultivar should be mainly applied in practice of sweet potato.

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Effects of intercropping with maize on the micro-environment, growth and yield of cassava

Cited by 52 publications

References 17 publications

Produtividade de raízes de mandioca consorciada com milho e caupi em sistema orgânico

Produtividade de raízes de mandioca consorciada com milho e caupi em sistema orgânico

Cassava: The Drought, War and Famine Crop in a Changing World

Effect of Maize (Zea mays L.) Plant-Type on Yield and Photosynthetic Characters of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea balatas L.) in Intercropping System

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