Table 3.
Means of leaf number measurements for maize and beans during the growing season for Morago and Paradys villages. DAE = Days after emergence.
| Leaf Number | Morago Village (DAE) | Paradys Village (DAE) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 38 | 50 | 63 | 70 | 85 | 28 | 38 | 50 | 63 | 70 | 85 | |
| (a) Maize | ||||||||||||
| IRWH-Sole-M | 5 b* | 6 a | 9 a | 11 a | 13 a | 12 a | 6 a | 7 a | 8 a | 11 a | 13 a | 12 a |
| CON-Sole-M | 6 a | 5 a | 7 a | 9 a | 10 a | 12 a | 7 a | 8 a | 9 a | 11 a | 13 a | 13 a |
| IRWH-Ic-M | 4 b | 6 a | 8 a | 10 a | 12 a | 12 a | 8 a | 9 a | 10 a | 11 a | 12 a | 13 a |
| CON-Ic-M | 6 ab | 6 a | 7 a | 10 a | 11 a | 12 a | 7 a | 7 a | 10 a | 12 a | 13 a | 12 a |
| LSD | 1.4 | 2 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4.3 |
| (b) Beans | ||||||||||||
| IRWH-Sole-B | 15 a | 18 a | 30. a | 32 a | 33 a | 35 a | 20 a | 34 a | 42 a | 43 a | 45 a | 48 a |
| CON-Sole-B | 10 a | 16 a | 23 ab | 25 ab | 32 a | 35 a | 18 a | 23 b | 35 a | 39 a | 42 a | 43 a |
| IRWH-Ic-B | 15 a | 20 a | 30 a | 31 a | 32 a | 33 a | 19 a | 25 b | 35 a | 40 a | 49 a | 50 a |
| CON-Ic-B | 11 a | 15 a | 21 b | 23 b | 29 a | 32 a | 7 b | 7c | 11 b | 12 b | 13 b | 13 b |
| LSD | 9.8 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 11.0 | 3.6 | 9 | 23.7 | 29.7 | 30.3 |
NB: IRWH-SOLE m and IRWH-SOLE-B = Sole maize and beans under IRWH tillage. CON-SOLE m and CON-SOLE-B = Sole maize and beans under CON tillage. IRWH-Ic m and IRWH-Ic-B = Intercropped maize and beans under IRWH tillage. CON-Ic m and CON-Ic-B = Intercropped maize and beans under CON tillage. * Means followed by the same letter are not significantly different (p ≤ 0.05).