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Sesame Agronomy in South-east Tanzania. I. Plant Population and Sowing Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

B. R. Taylor  and
J. Y. Chambi
B. R. Taylor
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute, Naliendele, PO Box 509, Mtwara, Tanzania
J. Y. Chambi
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute, Naliendele, PO Box 509, Mtwara, Tanzania
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Summary

Field trials are described in which the seed yield response of row-sown sesame to increasing plant population was examined, and in which row-sowing was compared with broadcasting at different seed rates. Maximum yields were obtained at an intended 200 to 250 × 103 plants ha−1 but yields were not greatly affected by a wider range of populations. Broadcasting, the normal local practice, gave yields slightly higher than those from rows 50 cm apart, the un-thinned rate of 800 × 103 viable seeds sown ha−1 yielded as well as treatments thinned to the optimum population, and double this seed rate, unthinned, gave the lowest yields, especially in rows.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , July 1986 , pp. 243 - 251
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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