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040 _aMX-TxCIM
072 0 _aF08
072 0 _aH60
090 _aCIS-2687
100 1 _aOswald, A.
_uMaize Production Technology for the Future: Challenges and Opportunities. Proceedings of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Maize Conference, 6; Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); 21-25 Sep 1998
110 2 _aCentro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT), Mexico DF (Mexico)
245 0 0 _aSuppression of Striga on maize with intercrops
260 _aAddis Ababa (Ethiopia)
_bCIMMYT|EARO :
_c1999
300 _ap. 168-171
340 _aPrinted
520 _aIntercrops can smother weeds in cereal crops and improve overa1l productivity of these cropping systems. To study, whether parasitic weeds like Striga hermonthica can be suppressed and contro1led by intercropping systems, maize was planted simultaneously, after or before three intercrops (cowpea, soybean, sweet potato). Experiments were conducted at two locations in western Kenya over two years. Maize yields were genera1ly not affected by intercropping and intercrop yields represented an additional gain in land productivity. Delayed planting of maize reduced grain yields but increased intercrop yields. At Alupe Striga control was most effective with the leafy, ground covering intercrops, cowpea and sweet potato. An additional reduction in Striga numbers was achieved when maize was planted weeks after the intercrop. At Kibos Striga populations were not consistently affected by intercropping. The reasons for these variable responses to intercropping are speculative and probably interactions between agro-ecological factors such as soil type, temperature, precipitation and maize vigour. These data indicate that there is an inherent potential of certain intercropping combinations to reduce Striga emergence and propagation and produce higher returns even under severe Striga infestation when compared to maize mono-cropping.
546 _aEnglish
591 _a0103|AL Maize Program|R98-99CIMPU|AGRIS 0102|AJ|3
593 _aJose Juan Caballero
595 _aCSC
650 1 0 _aCowpeas
650 1 0 _aCultural control
650 1 0 _aIntercropping
650 1 0 _aKenya
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650 1 7 _aMaize
_gAGROVOC
_2
_91173
650 1 0 _aSoybeans
650 1 0 _91279
_aStriga
_gAGROVOC
650 1 0 _aStriga hermonthica
650 1 0 _aSweet potatoes
_92711
650 1 7 _aWeed control
_gAGROVOC
_2
_91308
650 1 0 _aWeeds
_91309
650 1 0 _91314
_aZea mays
_gAGROVOC
700 1 _aCIMMYT|EARO
700 1 _aKroschel, J.,
_ecoaut.
700 1 _aRansom, J.K.,
_ecoaut.
_9271
700 1 _aSauerborn, J.,
_ecoaut.
942 _cPRO
999 _c9905
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