F. T. Mugabe
Department of Land and Water Resources Management, Midlands State University,
P.O. Box 9055, Gweru, Zimbabwe
G. Mtetwa
Chiredzi Research Station, P.O. Box 97, Chiredzi, Zimbabwe
F. Murungu
Department of Land and Water Resources Management, Midlands State University,
P.O. Box 9055, Gweru, Zimbabwe
ABSTRACT
An experiment was conducted at Chiredzi Research Station to evaluate the effect of planting technique on cassava establishment. Seven planting techniques: Inclined, forming 45 to 60° angle with the ridge, but leaving one-third above ground (I1/3); inclined, forming 45 to 60° angle with the ridge and the soil covering the whole cutting (ICOV); vertical planting leaving one third of the cuttings above ground level (V1/3); vertical with the soil covering the whole cutting (VCOV); horizontal, at 10 cm below the top of the ridge (H10); horizontal at 15 cm below the top of the ridge (V15); and horizontal 20 cm below the top of the ridge (H20) were evaluated in the experiment. Vertical planting leaving one-third above ground had significantly (P=0.05) the highest establishment. The low crop establishments were observed from horizontally planted cuttings where crop establishment decreased with depth of planting giving 36, 33 and 15% for materials that were planted at 10, 15 and 20 cm below ground respectively. Soil temperatures were within the optimum temperature range for sprouting and therefore did not affect sprouting.
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F. T. Mugabe, G. Mtetwa and F. Murungu, 2005. Effect of Planting Technique on Establishment of Cassava (Manihot esculenta, Crantz) in South-east Zimbabwe. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 8: 293-296.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.293.296
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2005.293.296
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.293.296
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2005.293.296
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