Plantain-Tree Rubber Intercropping Systems Improved Productivity in the Tropical Humid Zone of Ghana, West Africa

Table 7

Yield and yield components of plantain at harvest under various intercropping treatments at Ellembelle and Jomoro.

Treatments	NFL	MHAF	NH/bunch	NF/hand	NFSH/bunch	NS/plant	WSHB (kg)	HTS (cm)	BW (kg/ha)
Ellembelle
P	2	3	6	5	6	4	1.12	89.10	9972
PR	1	3	6	5	7	3	1.26	90.800	3983
PPR	2	3	7	5	7	4	1.36	104.30	7036
PPPR	2	3	7	5	7	4	1.36	114.5	11453
SED (5%)	NS	NS	1	NS	NS	NS	NS	3.03	1717.60
CV (%)	41.20	8.90	5.30	7.50	12.00	18.90	8.30	3.70	10.60
Jomoro
P	2	3	5	5	5	5	1.61	154.40	9765
PR	2	3	5	4	4	5	1.77	140.10	3287
PPR	2	3	6	5	5	5	1.69	177.00	7851
PPPR	3	3	6	5	4	6	2.18	183.90	11794
SED (5%)	NS	—	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	7.08	426.40
CV (%)	21.00	—	10.20	18.90	3.30	11.20	14.90	5.30	6.40

NFL = number of functional leaves; MHAF = months to harvest after flowering; NH/bunch = number of hands per bunch; NF/hand = number of fingers per hand; NFSH/bunch = number of fingers of second hand per bunch; NS/plant = number of suckers per plant; WSHB (kg) = weight of second hand of bunch; HTS (cm) = height of the tallest sucker; BW (kg/ha) = bunch weight; 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.