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Determination of Plant Density on Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Intercropped with Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) at Fadis and Erer of Eastern Hararghe
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: Received: 14 October 2016 / Approved: 20 October 2016 / Online: 20 October 2016 (08:45:36 CEST)
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Berhanu, H.; Hunduma, A.; Degefa, G.; Legesse, Z.; Abdulselam, F.; Tadese, F. Determination of Plant Density on Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Intercropped with Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) at Fadis and Erer of Eastern Hararghe. Preprints2016, 2016100084. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201610.0084.v1
Berhanu, H.; Hunduma, A.; Degefa, G.; Legesse, Z.; Abdulselam, F.; Tadese, F. Determination of Plant Density on Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Intercropped with Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) at Fadis and Erer of Eastern Hararghe . Preprints 2016, 2016100084. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201610.0084.v1
Berhanu, H.; Hunduma, A.; Degefa, G.; Legesse, Z.; Abdulselam, F.; Tadese, F. Determination of Plant Density on Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Intercropped with Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) at Fadis and Erer of Eastern Hararghe. Preprints2016, 2016100084. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201610.0084.v1
APA Style
Berhanu, H., Hunduma, A., Degefa, G., Legesse, Z., Abdulselam, F., & Tadese, F. (2016). Determination of Plant Density on Groundnut (<em>Arachis hypogaea</em> L.) Intercropped with Sorghum (<em>Sorghum bicolor</em> L. Moench) at Fadis and Erer of Eastern Hararghe<em> </em>. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201610.0084.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Berhanu, H., Fuad Abdulselam and Fiqadu Tadese. 2016 "Determination of Plant Density on Groundnut (<em>Arachis hypogaea</em> L.) Intercropped with Sorghum (<em>Sorghum bicolor</em> L. Moench) at Fadis and Erer of Eastern Hararghe<em> </em>" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201610.0084.v1
Abstract
In eastern part of Ethiopia groundnut is very commonly intercropped with sorghum. Even though intercropping of sorghum with groundnut is practiced in the eastern part of Ethiopia the population density at what ratio should not be known. Therefore determining the population ratio is found to be crucial to draw management options. The study was conducted at two locations at Fadis (on station) and Babile (sub- station). Sorghum variety (Teshale) and groundnut (Fetene) were used as planting materials. All agronomic data were collected and analyzed by using GenStat software. Significant different were obtained among the treatments. The research result showed that, there were significance difference for both sorghum and ground nut yield per hectare in the years (2014 and 2015) among treatments. The result over time(in 2014 and 2015) at Fadis and Erer showed that the highest sorghum and groundnut yield per hectare were obtained/harvested from the intra row spacing of 25cmx20cm and 30cmx20cm intercropping sorghum with ground nut system with (1.27 and 1.31) respectively. The highest LER (1.31) and highest GMV (10218.00 ETBr/ha) were obtained from the intercropping of 30cmx20cm (Sorghum & groundnut). Clearly showed that, with intercropping of sorghum and Groundnut, it is possible to produce additional yield of sorghum without significant reduction in groundnut yield. As a result of this, the intra spacing of the main crop (sorghum) 25cm and 30cm and for the subsidiary crop (groundnut) 20cm was recommended for further production in the study areas of eastern Harerghe zone and similar agro-ecologies.
Keywords
intra row spacing; intercropping; land equivalent ratio; sorghum (Teshale); groundnut (Fetene)
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy
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