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

Table 8

Effect of plantain population density on soil moisture content in plantain-rubber intercropping system at Ellembelle and Jomoro.

Treatments	Depth (cm)	Ellembelle	Jomoro
		Moisture (%)	Moisture (%)
P	0–15	8.02	19.60
R	0–15	5.59	20.30
PR	0–15	5.59	18.20
PPR	0–15	7.64	19.00
PPPR	0–15	7.87	21.00
SED (5%)	—	NS	NS
CV (%)	—	28.50	25.70
P	15–30	6.00	13.85
R	15–30	5.72	13.84
PR	15–30	6.21	13.74
PPR	15–30	7.39	22.66
PPPR	15–30	10.94	23.85
SED (5%)	—	0.95	1.31
CV (%)	—	16.00	9.20
P	30–60	4.03	Hardpan
R	30–60	3.97	Hardpan
PR	30–60	4.03	Hardpan
PPR	30–60	4.19	Hardpan
PPPR	30–60	4.04	Hardpan
SED (5%)	—	NS	—
CV (%)	—	3.00	—

P = sole plantain; R = sole rubber; 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.