Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Intercropping"
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Effect of clump planting of maize and time of planting of beans on growth and yield of intercropped maize and beans
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1999)Two field experiments were conducted at the University of Nairobi's Faculty of Agriculture Kabete, to investigate the merits of clump planting of maize and time of planting of intercropped beans on growth and yield of ... -
Effect of inoculation and varying bean densities on biomass and yield of inter cropped maize and beans
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1999)Nitrogen is often the most essential nutrient for maize production, particularly with respect to biomass accumulation, leaf area index and grain yield. However, commercial fertilizers as a source of nitrogen, are becoming ... -
Effect of intercropping pea with cabola or yellow mustard
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1992)Major professor: Dr. E. H. Stobbe, Department of Plant Science Intercropping is a farming practice that has recently received attention as a means of improving land productivity in western Canada. The main reason for ... -
Effects of bean planting density and planting time on growth and yields of maize and beans in an . intercropping system
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1997)Intercropping is a farming practice that has recently received attention from agronomists as a means of improving land use efficiency. This study was conducted to determine whether manipulating bean density and planting ... -
Potato-Legume Intercrop Effects on Water and Nutrients Use Efficiency, Crop Productivity and Soil Fertility in a Humic Nitisol, Kenya
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 2018)Integration of legumes into potato-based cropping systems is a common practice in developing countries presumably as a water and nutrient management strategy. This study was conducted to assess the effect of incorporating ... -
Socio-economic analysis of production and response of grain amaranth (amaranthus caudatus l.) to fertilizer application and intercropping with maize or beans in Kisumu West District, Kenya
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 2010)Protein malnutrition is widespread in developing countries due to prohibitive cost and low availability of animal protein foods and limited purchasing power of vulnerable groups. To ensure sufficient proteins for these ... -
Studies on green manure application and intercropping in coffea arabica l. production
(Department of soil science, University of Nairobi, 1998)Three experiments were conducted between May 1991 and December 1993 at Coffee Research Station Ruiru. Kenya, to study the effect of green manure application and intercropping on soil chemical properties, coffee plant ...