Abstract
In this study, a three years experiment was conducted to evaluate the yield and relative economic advantage of maize-pigeon pea intercrop as affected by mycorrhiza and organomineral fertilizer in the rainforest zones of Nigeria. The experimental design was a 2x2x3 factorial in a randomized complete block design using a split plot. The Land Equivalent Ratio (LER), Relative Value Total and Replacement Value of Intercrops were used to evaluate the yield data. Data collected were analysed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) at p = 0.05. However, the application of organomineral fertilizer and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi has significantly (p<0.05) increased the growth and yield of both crops in sole and intercrop. Thus, the inoculation of mycorrhiza has increased the grain yield of maize and pigeon pea by 33% and 56 % respectively. Also, the application of organomineral fertilizer has increased the yield of maize and pigeon pea by 60 % and 52 % respectively. Similarly, the combined application of organomineral fertilizer with mycorrhiza has increased the yield of maize and pigeon pea by 86% and 56 % respectively. The practice of intercropping farming system had higher Land Equivalent Ratio, Relative Value Total and Replacement Value Intercrop. The study further revealed that the inoculation of mycorrhiza significantly (p < 0.05) increased the profit of farmers as its Replacement Value of Intercrops of the treatment with mycorrhiza was 3.27. Thus, mycorrhizal inoculation and these farming practice is recommended to enhance farmer’s economic return and grain production for tropical farmers.
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Claim · model-written summary
Organomineral fertilizer and mycorrhiza significantly increased crop growth.
- Treatment
- organomineral fertilizer and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungie0
- Outcome
- growthe0
- Direction
- increasede0
Zea maysNot reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“application of organomineral fertilizer and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi has significantly (p<0.05) increased the growth and yield of both crops in sole and intercrop”
t0“MAIZE - PIGEON PEA”
Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhiza increased maize grain yield by 33%.
- Treatment
- inoculation of mycorrhizae0
- Interactor
- mycorrhizae0symbiont
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 33%e0
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e0“inoculation of mycorrhiza has increased the grain yield of maize and pigeon pea by 33% and 56 % respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhiza increased pigeon pea grain yield by 56 %.
- Taxon
- pigeon pea
Cajanus cajane0 - Treatment
- inoculation of mycorrhizae0
- Interactor
- mycorrhizae0symbiont
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 56 %e0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“inoculation of mycorrhiza has increased the grain yield of maize and pigeon pea by 33% and 56 % respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Organomineral fertilizer increased maize yield by 60 %.
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e0“application of organomineral fertilizer has increased the yield of maize and pigeon pea by 60 % and 52 % respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Organomineral fertilizer increased pigeon pea yield by 52 %.
- Taxon
- pigeon peaCajanus cajane0
- Treatment
- organomineral fertilizere0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 52 %e0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“application of organomineral fertilizer has increased the yield of maize and pigeon pea by 60 % and 52 % respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined fertilizer and mycorrhiza increased maize yield by 86%.
- Treatment
- organomineral fertilizer with mycorrhizae0
- Interactor
- mycorrhizae0symbiont
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 86%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“combined application of organomineral fertilizer with mycorrhiza has increased the yield of maize and pigeon pea by 86% and 56 % respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined fertilizer and mycorrhiza increased pigeon pea yield by 56 %.
- Taxon
- pigeon peaCajanus cajane0
- Treatment
- organomineral fertilizer with mycorrhizae0
- Interactor
- mycorrhizae0symbiont
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 56 %e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“combined application of organomineral fertilizer with mycorrhiza has increased the yield of maize and pigeon pea by 86% and 56 % respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping had a higher land equivalent ratio, relative value total and replacement value.
- Taxon
- MAIZE - PIGEON PEAt0
- Treatment
- intercropping farming systeme0
- Outcome
- Land Equivalent Ratio, Relative Value Total and Replacement Value Intercrope0
- Direction
- highere0
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t0“MAIZE - PIGEON PEA INTERCROP”
e0“intercropping farming system had higher Land Equivalent Ratio, Relative Value Total and Replacement Value Intercrop”
Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhiza increased farmer profit, with replacement value 3.27.
- Taxon
- MAIZE - PIGEON PEAt0
- Treatment
- inoculation of mycorrhizae0
- Interactor
- mycorrhizae0symbiont
- Outcome
- profit of farmerse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 3.27e0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
t0“MAIZE - PIGEON PEA INTERCROP”
e0“inoculation of mycorrhiza significantly (p < 0.05) increased the profit of farmers as its Replacement Value of Intercrops of the treatment with mycorrhiza was 3.27”
Claim · model-written summary
Authors recommend mycorrhizal inoculation and intercropping to improve farmer return and grain production.
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t0“MAIZE - PIGEON PEA INTERCROP”
e0“mycorrhizal inoculation and these farming practice is recommended to enhance farmer’s economic return and grain production”
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