UNDERPLANTING OIL PALM WITH COCOA IN GHANA

被引:23
作者
AMOAH, FM
NUERTEY, BN
BAIDOOADDO, K
OSEIBONSU, K
ASAMOAH, TEO
机构
[1] Cocoa Research Institute, Akim-Tafo
关键词
BUNCH WEIGHT; BLACKPOD; UNDERPLANTING; GROWTH; YIELD;
D O I
10.1007/BF00705215
中图分类号
S3 [农学(农艺学)];
学科分类号
0901 ;
摘要
Mature oil palms at the Oil Palm Research Institute at Kusi, Ghana were underplanted with cocoa to study the feasibility of mixed cropping of the two crops under West African conditions. The oil palm trees used in this trial were planted in 1970 and had achieved maximum canopy formation. Three triangular spacings of the oil palms used were 8.7, 9.9 and 10.5 m. The cocoa was underplanted in June 1988 at a spacing of 2.4 m triangular using mixed hybrids. There were no significant differences in oil palm yield between plots with cocoa and the controls. There was no appreciable damage to the cocoa trees from falling palm fronds and fruits during harvesting or pruning. Cocoa seedling growth and yield were significantly better under the oil palm spaced at 9.9 or 10.5 m triangular than under oil palm spaced at 8.7 m triangular.
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页码:289 / 299
页数:11
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