Abstract
SUMMARY The effects of date of planting and soil mulching on cowpea growth and yield were investigated for three years during the middle part of the minor season in Sierra Leone. Mulching at 8 tons/ha conserved more soil moisture than other mulch rates, with greatest difference in the top 15 cm of soil, especially during drier periods. Plant height, pod number and seed yield of cowpea planted in September were significantly greater than from other planting dates whether mulch was applied or not. The beneficial effects of mulching at 8 tons/ha on cowpea growth and yield were more dramatic when the crop received an average weekly rainfall of 100 mm before 50% flowering.
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Claim · model-written summary
Mulching at 8 tons/ha conserved more soil moisture than other mulch rates.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatat0 - Treatment
- Mulching at 8 tons/hae0
- Outcome
- soil moisturee0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- other mulch ratese0
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Verbatim
e0“Mulching at 8 tons/ha conserved more soil moisture than other mulch rates”
t0“Effects of Planting Date and Mulching on Cowpea in Sierra Leone”
Claim · model-written summary
September planting increased cowpea plant height, pod number and seed yield relative to other dates.
- Taxon
- cowpeaVigna unguiculatae0
- Treatment
- planted in Septembere0
- Outcome
- Plant height, pod number and seed yielde0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Comparator
- other planting datese0
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Verbatim
e0“Plant height, pod number and seed yield of cowpea planted in September were significantly greater than from other planting dates”
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