Plantain-Tree Rubber Intercropping Systems Improved Productivity in the Tropical Humid Zone of Ghana, West Africa
Table 6
Morphological and flowering characteristics of intercropped plantain at Ellembelle and Jomoro.
Treatments
Height (cm)
Leaf area (cm2)
No. of functional leaves
No. of months to flowering
Stem girth
No. of suckers/plant
Ellembelle
P
225.47
4644.40
9
10
56.57
4
PR
234.61
5283.60
10
10
49.38
3
PPR
240.72
5516.80
10
10
51.77
4
PPPR
253.00
6176.80
12
10
55.86
4
SED (5%)
1.90
362.30
1
NS
1.15
NS
CV (%)
1.00
8.20
6.40
4.70
2.60
18.90
Treatments
Jomoro
P
226.50
5363.60
8
14
56.49
4
PR
230.90
5013.60
8
15
56.97
5
PPR
241.30
5215.60
8
14
62.94
5
PPPR
260.80
6452.00
9
13
65.85
5
SED (5%)
8.01
249.44
NS
NS
0.65
NS
CV (%)
4.10
5.50
6.20
9.30
4.80
20.60
MAP = months after planting; P = sole plantain; PR = low-density plantain; PPR = medium-density plantain; PPPR = high-density plantain; NS = not significant; SED = standard error of the difference; CV = coefficient of variation.
