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Banana leaf pruning to facilitate annual legume intercropping as an intensification strategy in the East African highlands

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Title Banana leaf pruning to facilitate annual legume intercropping as an intensification strategy in the East African highlands
 
Creator Ocimati, W.
Ntamwira, J.
Groot, Jeroen C.J.
Taulya, Godfrey
Tittonell, Pablo A.
Dhed’a, B.
Asten, Piet J.A. van
Vanlauwe, Bernard
Ruhigwa, B.
Blomme, Guy
 
Subject bananas
intercropping
legumes
cropping systems
soybeans
pruning
 
Description Banana leaf pruning is a common practice to facilitate intercropping with legumes on farmers’ fields. It is however not clear if this practice improves farmers land-use and economic efficiency, especially after full canopy formation. To analyze pruning effects, three legumes viz. bush bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L), climbing bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) and soybean (Glycine max), were planted under three banana leaf pruning levels in which four, seven and all fully grown leaves were retained. Sole banana or legume plots served as controls. Each treatment combination was replicated three times. Banana growth and yield attributes were measured for the plant and first ratoon crops while legume biomass and yields determined over five consecutive cropping seasons. Significant (P 
 
Date 2019-10
2019-08-05T10:25:25Z
2019-08-05T10:25:25Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Ocimati, W., Ntamwira, J., Groot, J.C.J., Taulya, G., Tittonell, P., Dhed’a, B., ... & Blomme, G. (2019). Banana leaf pruning to facilitate annual legume intercropping as an intensification strategy in the East African highlands. European Journal of Agronomy, 110, 1-12.
1161-0301
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102431
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2019.125923
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Language en
 
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Format 1-12
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Source European Journal of Agronomy