Effects of Spacing on Cassava (Manihot Esculenta)
- 31 December 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Experimental Agriculture
- Vol. 13 (3) , 289-299
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0014479700008024
Abstract
SUMMARY: Three varieties in one cassava trial and five in another were planted in a systematic density experiment which showed that optimum plant density for root yield changes with plant age. Some varieties showed a pronounced optimum plant population, whilst others showed a flattopped response curve. Reduction in yield above the optimum is due to a reduced harvest index. Yields of over 50 t–ha were obtained with varieties that respond to close spacing.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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