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Effects of Planting Date and Mulching on Cowpea in Sierra Leone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

C. S. Kamara
C. S. Kamara
Affiliation:
Njala University College, PMB, Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Summary

The effects of date of planting and soil mulching on cowpea growth and yield were investigated for three years during the middle part of the minor season in Sierra Leone. Mulching at 8 tons/ha conserved more soil moisture than other mulch rates, with greatest difference in the top 15 cm of soil, especially during drier periods. Plant height, pod number and seed yield of cowpea planted in September were significantly greater than from other planting dates whether mulch was applied or not. The beneficial effects of mulching at 8 tons/ha on cowpea growth and yield were more dramatic when the crop received an average weekly rainfall of 100 mm before 50% flowering.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1981 , pp. 25 - 31
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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