Effect of Intercropping Beans with Maize and Botanical Extract on Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) Infestation

Table 3

Impact of treatments on the length of maize cobs and 1000-grain weight.

Treatments	Cob length (cm)	1000-grain weight (g)
Control-no input	24.7 ± 0.7 b	0.9 ± 0.1a
Dwarf beans intercrop	25.7 ± 1.0ab	0.8 ± 0.0a
Climbing beans intercrop	30.7 ± 3.3a	1.1 ± 0.1a
Piper emulsion botanical	29.3 ± 1.0ab	1.0 ± 0.1a
Synthetic insecticide	30.7 ± 1.2a	1.1 ± 0.1a

Values within columns with different letters are significantly different ().