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

Table 9

Number of suckers of plantain under the different plantain densities at Ellembelle and Jomoro.

Treatments	Ellembelle
	4 MAP	5 MAP	6 MAP	7 MAP	8 MAP	9 MAP	10 MAP	11 MAP
P	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	4
PR	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3
PPR	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4
PPPR	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	4
SED (5%)	0	0	0	0	1	1	NS	NS
CV (%)	0	0	0	0	26.70	12.40	17.60	18.90
Treatments	Jomoro
	4 MAP	5 MAP	6 MAP	7 MAP	8 MAP	9 MAP	10 MAP	11 MAP
P	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3
PR	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	5
PPR	1	2	2	1	3	3	4	4
PPPR	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5
SED (5%)	NS	NS	NS	NS	0.45	1	1	1
CV (%)	44.20	43.30	48.40	48.10	24.60	29.10	25.20	9.80

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.