Farming Systems And National Food Security: The Place Of An Agronomist:- Cosmas Osita Muoneke
ABSTRACT
Plant
population is the number of plants per unit area. Plant population can be
manipulated for maximum interception ofsolarradiation reaching the earth
surface. The optimum number ofplants required perunit areato achieve
maximumyield depends on the nature and variety ofthe crop and on the
environment of crop production. Ifthe number ofplants is too few (low plant
population), the production potential per unit area ofland will not be fully
expressed; on the otherhand, ifthe number ofplantsistoo large, excessive plant
competition forproduction factors(nutrients, soil moisture and light), might
reduce the overall productivity of crops. This necessitates the use of optimum
plant population density. Optimum plant population increases crop yield by
ensuring adequate leafarea index (LAI). At low LAI occasioned by low plant
density, incident light is wasted because oflow vegetation cover. A
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COSMAS, M (2024). Farming Systems And National Food Security: The Place Of An Agronomist:- Cosmas Osita Muoneke. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Dec 21, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/farming-systems-and-national-food-security-the-place-of-an-agronomist-cosmas-osita-muoneke-7-2
MUONEKE, COSMAS. "Farming Systems And National Food Security: The Place Of An Agronomist:- Cosmas Osita Muoneke" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 10 Dec. 2024, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/farming-systems-and-national-food-security-the-place-of-an-agronomist-cosmas-osita-muoneke-7-2. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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MUONEKE, COSMAS. "Farming Systems And National Food Security: The Place Of An Agronomist:- Cosmas Osita Muoneke" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2024). Accessed 21 Dec. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/farming-systems-and-national-food-security-the-place-of-an-agronomist-cosmas-osita-muoneke-7-2