https://ir.zou.ac.zw/files/original/b6e69ba35d1a6f83443047f6c781170c.pdf c237ae98e46fd2244fcc06fd97126f33 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staff Publications Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MAIZE-COWPEA INTERCROPPING AND WEED SUPPRESSION IN LEAF STRIPPED AND DETASSELLED MAIZE IN ZIMBABWE Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource R.D. KATSARUWARE I. O. MANYANHAIRE Description An account of the resource A study was conducted to evaluate the suitability of cowpea (Vigna anguiculata) varieties for maize-cowpea intercropping in leaf stripped and detasselled maize at the University of Zimbabwe Farm during the 2005/6 cropping season. A Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD 4*3*2 factorial experimental design was adopted. Three factors that included cowpea variety, cropping system and detasselling/leaf stripping were used for the design. Trailing and climbing varieties invested more dry matter to vegetative growth than the new upright bushy cultivars that invested most of their dry matter in grain yield. Leafstripping and detasselling significantly increased cowpea grain and maize yields. Sole cowpea grain yield was significantly higher than grain yield from their respective intercrops. Weed density significantly (P<0.01) decreased at 6 weeks after crop emergence (WACE and at maize physiological maturity (PM), and biomass decreased at 6 (WACE) and maize (PM) respectively. Weed density was reduced in the intercrops when maize was intercropped with CBC3, BEB and L. Landrace. In contrast R.ex-Mbare was not effective in suppressing weeds when intercropped with maize. Leafstripping and detasselling maize at anthesis can be used by smallholder farmers to increase the productivity of maize and cowpea Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2009 adaptability detasselled. intercropping leafstripped productivity weed suppression