TY - JOUR
T1 - Sesame agronomy in south-east tanzania. i. plant population and sowing method
AU - Taylor, B. R.
AU - Chambi, J. Y.
PY - 1986/7
Y1 - 1986/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84889113118&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0014479700014411
DO - 10.1017/S0014479700014411
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84889113118
SN - 0014-4797
VL - 22
SP - 243
EP - 251
JO - Experimental Agriculture
JF - Experimental Agriculture
IS - 3
ER -