"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of agronomy".
The effect of timing of earthing up on the performance of four Bambara groundnut landrace cultivars in the Mutasa District of Manicaland Province in Zimbabwe
Abstract:
An experiment was carried out at two sites to investigate the
effect of timing of earthing up on the yield of four landrace
cultivars of Bambara groundut (Vigna subterranean [L.]
Verdc.) cultivars in Zimbabwe during the 2006/2007 season.
The two sites were Africa University in Mutare and the Farmers’
Development Trust Farm. Earthing up at 30 and 60 days after
planting significantly increased yield (P<0.001) over the control
where no earthing up was done. A delay in earthing up from 60
to 90 days after planting resulted in a decrease in yield. It is
recommended that Bambara groundnut be earthed up between
30 and 60 days after planting in order to achieve maximum
seed yield.
Une expérience a été menée sur deux sites pour étudier l’effet
de calendrier de mise à la terre sur le rendement de quatre
cultivars Landrace sur les cultivars d’arachides de Bambara
(Vigna subterranean [L.] Verdc.) au Zimbabwe au cours de
la saison 2006/2007. Les deux sites ont été l’Université Africa
de Mutare et ½Farmers’ Development Trust Farm ½. Le
buttage à 30 et 60 jours après la plantation a augmenté de
manière significative (P <0,001) le rendement sous le contrôle,
là où l’absence de mise à la terre a été faite. Un retard dans la
mise à la terre de 60 à 90 jours après la plantation a entraîné
une diminution du rendement. Il est recommandé que les
arachides de Bambara soient mises à la terre entre 30 et 60
jours après la plantation afin d’obtenir un rendement maximum
de graines.
Language:
English
Date of publication:
2010
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Southern Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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Extent:
219-223
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