Table 1.
Effect of planting pattern on land equivalent ratio (LER), area time equivalent ratio (ATER), land utilization efficiency percentage (LUE %) relative crowding coefficient (RCC) and competitive ratio (Cr) during 2018 and 2019 seasons.
| Planting pattern (roselle: cluster bean) | Land equivalent ratio (LER) | Area time equivalent ratio (ATER) | Land utilization efficiency percentage (LUE %) | Relative crowding coefficient (RCC) |
Competitive ratio (Crr) |
Competitive ratio (Crc) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First season (2018) | ||||||
| Sole crop | 1.00 | 1.00 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 1 row: 2 row | 1.23 | 1.14 | 118.87 | 0.27 | 1.25 | 0.80 |
| 1 row: 3 rows | 1.24 | 1.16 | 120.57 | 0.82 | 1.79 | 0.55 |
| 2 row: 3 rows | 1.10 | 1.04 | 107.39 | 0.23 | 1.23 | 0.81 |
| LSD at 5 % | 0.03 | 0.03 | 3.18 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Second season (2019) | ||||||
| Sole crop | 1.00 | 1.00 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 1 row: 2 row | 1.13 | 1.05 | 109.59 | 0.20 | 1.20 | 0.83 |
| 1 row: 3 rows | 1.12 | 1.03 | 108.06 | 0.41 | 1.41 | 0.70 |
| 2 row: 3 rows | 1.05 | 0.98 | 101.91 | 0.08 | 1.09 | 0.91 |
| LSD at 5 % | 0.03 | 0.02 | 2.92 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 |