Growth and Yield Performance of Roselle Accessions as Influenced by Intercropping with Maize in the Guinea Savannah Ecology of Ghana

Table 5

Maize growth and yield attributes in response to intercropping with roselle accessions and season.

	NL	PH	SD	GM	GYF	GY	HY	HSW	CW	SY	TDB
Cropping system
MA1	10.43	127.90	1.23	22.10	48.17	2.52	0.48	23.53	2.77	1.77	5.03
MA2	10.42	117.40	1.23	24.08	49.78	2.48	0.40	24.38	2.78	1.85	5.02
MA3	10.23	118.80	1.18	25.42	46.83	2.35	0.47	21.62	2.73	1.65	4.83
SM	10.80	135.10	1.29	24.75	48.33	2.58	0.53	26.02	2.97	1.78	5.27
LSD	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Cropping system × season
MA1 × '16	11.00	129.80	1.33	18.03	42.53	1.70	0.30	16.33	1.73	1.83	3.87
MA1 × '17	9.87	125.90	1.13	26.17	53.80	3.33	0.67	30.73	3.80	1.70	6.20
MA2 × '16	10.67	113.20	1.26	22.73	44.07	2.20	0.27	16.33	2.40	2.43	5.07
MA2 × '17	10.17	121.60	1.20	25.43	55.50	2.77	0.53	32.43	3.17	1.27	4.97
MA3 × '16	10.00	109.40	1.16	24.00	38.03	1.40	0.27	15.67	1.60	1.83	3.70
MA3 × '17	10.47	128.30	1.20	26.83	55.63	3.30	0.67	27.57	3.87	1.47	5.97
SM × '16	11.33	147.80	1.31	20.83	44.40	1.90	0.33	16.33	2.03	1.90	4.27
SM × '17	10.27	122.40	1.27	28.67	52.27	3.27	0.73	35.70	3.90	1.67	6.27
LSD	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns

MA1 = maize intercropped with Bissap; MA2 = maize intercropped with Local; MA3 = maize intercropped with Samadah; SM = sole maize; GM = grain moisture at harvest (%); GYF = grain yield fraction (%); GY = grain yield (t/ha); HY = husk yield (t/ha); NL = number of leaves per plant; PH = plant height (cm); SD = stem diameter (cm); HSW = hundred seed weight (g); CW = cob weight (t/ha); SY = stalk yield (t/ha); TDB = total aboveground dry biomass (t/ha); LSD = least significant difference; ns = not significant.