Growth and productivity of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) intercropped with maize as affected by cropping pattern and weed control in Forest –Savanna transition Agro-ecological zone of Southwestern Nigeria
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Cucumber, Propaben, Superunion, yield, weedy checkAbstract
Field experiments were carried out within the crop seasons of 2014, 2015, and 2016 at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria to evaluate the influence of intercropping and weed control methods on the growth and yield of cucumber. Treatments were arranged in a split-plot arrangement in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The main plot was a cropping pattern of maize intercropped with cucumber sowed at 100 cm x 37.5 cm, and 75 cm x 50 cm, sole cucumber sowed at 75 cm x 75 cm. The sub-plot treatments were weed control methods: pre-emergence application of active ingredient of Propaben at 2 kg.ha-1, 1.6 kg.ha-1, and 1.6 kg.ha-1followed by (fb) supplementary hoe weeding (SHW), Superunion at2kg.ha-1, 1.6 kg.ha-1, and 1.6 kg.ha-1fb SHW, two hoe weddings, and the weedy check. Data collected were subjected to Analysis of Variance while significant means were separated using Duncan`s Multiple Range Test (p<0.05). At 3 weeks after sowing (WAS) in 2015, and 3 and 6 WAS in 2016 cucumber planted alone resulted in significantly higher crop stand of 82 100, 67 800 and 56 000 plants per hectare than the corresponding intercrop in the same periods. Results indicated that cucumber intercropped with maize at 75 cm x 50 cm significantly reduced weed dry matter in 2014 compared to sole cropping. All combinations of pre-emergence herbicides reduced weed dry biomass compared to the weedy check. Although there was no significant difference in production between growing cucumbers as a sole crop and as an intercropping with maize, weeding twice at 3 and 6 weeks after sowing, resulted in the highest yield of cucumber of 437 kg.ha-1 in 2014 and 315 kg.ha-1 in 2015. Conclusively, the application of Propaben and Superunion caused a reduction in the fruit yield of cucumber between 48.9 % to 97.8 % in maize and cucumber intercrop.
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