Plantain-Tree Rubber Intercropping Systems Improved Productivity in the Tropical Humid Zone of Ghana, West Africa

Table 5

Number of leaves of intercropped plantain at Ellembelle and Jomoro.

Treatments	Ellembelle
	4 MAP	5 MAP	6 MAP	7 MAP	8 MAP	9 MAP	11 MAP
P	12	14	15	15	19	22	25
PR	10	13	16	16	19	22	22
PPR	14	15	16	16	19	22	26
PPPR	12	13	14	16	17	25	30
SED (5%)	1	1	NS	NS	NS	NS	1
CV (%)	7.30	4.30	8.00	9.10	5.20	6.2	7.0
Treatment	Jomoro
	4 MAP	5 MAP	6 MAP	7 MAP	8 MAP	9 MAP	10 MAP	11 MAP	12 MAP	13 MAP	15MAP
P	11	16	20	22	23	26	27	31	36	40	43
PR	13	18	22	24	26	29	30	35	40	44	48
PPR	14	20	27	30	32	35	36	42	47	51	56
PPPR	15	21	30	33	35	39	41	47	53	58	63
SED (5%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.3
CV (%)	5.80	4.2	2.60	1.80	1.90	2.00	2.30	3.30	2.80	2.80	3.10

MAP = months after planting; P = sole plantain; PR = low-density plantain; PPR = medium-density plantain; PPPR = high-density plantain; NS = not significant; SED = standard error of the difference; CV = coefficient of variation.