Neighbour Effects Between Maize and Cowpea at Various Levels of N and P

Abstract

SUMMARY: Maize and cowpea were grown in mixed and pure stands, using the same overall density in all plots. Four fertilizer treatments N₀P₀, N₁P₀, N₀P₁and N₁P₁were imposed in experiments carried out during the early growing seasons of 1976 and 1977 at Ibadan in the rainforest zone of Nigeria. There was no competition between the crops for nitrogen or phosphorus and yields in mixtures were significantly higher than the means of the species monocultures, as shown by relative yield total (RYT) and C (complementation) values.