Sesame Agronomy in South-east Tanzania. I. Plant Population and Sowing Method
- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Experimental Agriculture
- Vol. 22 (3) , 243-251
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0014479700014411
Abstract
SUMMARY: Field trials are described in which the seed yield response of row-sown sesame to increasing plant population was examined, and in which row-sowing was compared with broadcasting at different seed rates. Maximum yields were obtained at an intended 200 to 250 × 103 plants ha−1 but yields were not greatly affected by a wider range of populations. Broadcasting, the normal local practice, gave yields slightly higher than those from rows 50 cm apart, the un-thinned rate of 800 × 103 viable seeds sown ha−1 yielded as well as treatments thinned to the optimum population, and double this seed rate, unthinned, gave the lowest yields, especially in rows.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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