Evaluating Agronomic and Essential Oil of African Marigold (<i>Tagetes erecta </i>L.) Varieties Intercropping with Tomato by Its Population Density at Wondo Genet, Southern Ethiopia

Wondimkun Dikr; Desta Abayechaw

doi:doi:10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13

| Peer-Reviewed

Evaluating Agronomic and Essential Oil of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) Varieties Intercropping with Tomato by Its Population Density at Wondo Genet, Southern Ethiopia

Wondimkun Dikr, Desta Abayechaw

Published in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Volume 10, Issue 6)

Received: 5 November 2021 Accepted: 25 November 2021 Published: 2 December 2021

Views: Downloads:

Download PDF

Share This Article

Twitter
Linked In
Facebook

Abstract

Intercropping of African marigolds between tomatoes protects the tomato plants from harmful root-knot nematodes in the soil and increase the marketable fruit yield of tomato by trapping different insects and pest attack and the like. Field experiment was conducted to assess effect of plant densities of intercropped African Marigold Varieties on yield related traits and yield of the associated crops and to evaluate the productivity and economic value of tomato and African marigold intercropping system, in southern parts of Ethiopia, at Wondo Genet Agricultural Research Center in 2017/18 cropping season. Three varieties of African marigold (AVT 001, AVT 540 and AVT 7063) at three population densities (PD) (25%, 50%, and 75%) were intercropped with tomato variety ‘Melk shola’. The three varieties of African marigold (AFM) and tomato were included as a sole for comparison. Randomized complete block design in factorial with three replications was used. The varieties of AFM significantly affected plant (PH), essential oil content (EOC) and essential oil yield (EOY). The tallest plant (55.36 cm) of AFM was due to AVT 001 than other varieties. Variety AVT 540 gave the highest EOC (0.21) and EOY (7.55 kg ha^-1) than other two varieties. Sole planted African marigold produced significantly higher (55.73) number of fresh flowers per plant than the intercropped (50.04). Cropping system was significantly affected number of branch (NBPP) and number of fresh flowers per plant (NFFPP). The highest NBPP (24.91) and NFFPP (55.73) were obtained from sole planting of AFM. The highest NBPP (23.15) and NFFPP (50.07) were recorded from 50% PD. of AFM. The highest fresh flower yield (45,860 kg ha^-1), dry flower weight per hectare (5,360 kg ha^-1), EOC (0.17) and EOY (9.36 kg ha^-1) were due to 75% PD. The highest (0.84) partial land equivalent ratio (LER) of tomato and total LER (1.43) were due to 50% PD. The highest value of monetary advantage index (37,225 ETB ha^-1) was due to 50% PD. Therefore, any of the three African marigold varieties at 50% PD could be recommended for intercropping with tomato.

Published in	Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Volume 10, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13
Page(s)	220-232
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

African Marigold, Cropping System, Essential Oil Yield, Population Density

References

[1]	Abayneh Esayas, Demeke Tafesse and Ashenafi Ali. 2006. Soils of Wondo Genet Agricultural Research Center, p. 67. Wondo Genet Agricultural Research Center, Wondo Genet.
[2]	Abbaszade, B., Farhadi, H. A., Valeabadi, A. S. A. and Moaveni, P. 2009. “Investigation of variations of the morphological values and flowering shoot yield in different mint species at Iran,” Journal of Horticultural and Forestry, 1: 107-112.
[3]	Abd El-Gaid, M. A., Al-Dokeshy, M. H., Dalia, M. T. and Nassef, T. 2014. Effects of Intercropping System of Tomato and Common Bean on Growth, Yield Components and Land Equivalent Ratio in New Valley Governorate. Asian Journal of Crop Science, 6: 254-261.
[4]	Beemnet Mengesha Kassahun, Tigist German, Zewdinesh Damtew and Zinash Teferi. 2015. Evaluation of African marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) Varieties in Ethiopia EHSS 5^th Biennial Conference 14-15 February, 2015. Samara University.
[5]	Beemnet Mengesha. 2015. Overview of Herbs, Aromatic Plants and Essential Oils Research Ethiopian Institute of, Friendship Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
[6]	Berimavandi, Hashemabadi, D., Vali, M., Ghaziani, F. and Kaviani, B. 2011. Effects of plant density and sowing date on the growth, flowering and quantity of essential oil of Calendula officinalis L. Rasht, Iran. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 5 (20): 5110-5115.
[7]	Bilasvar, H. M. and Salmasi, S. Z. 2016. Essential oil yield and some morphological characteristics of sweet basil cultivars affected by different intercropping patterns with corn Department of Plant Ecophysiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz. Iran. Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies. 4 (2): 09-12.
[8]	Chamorro ER, Ballerini G, Sequeira AF, Velasco GA, Zalazar MF. 2008. Chemical compositionof essential oil from Tagetes minuta L. leaves and flowers. Journal of Argentine Chemical Society, 96: 80-86.
[9]	Choudhury, B. 1979. Vegetables 6^th Revised Edn. The Director, National Book Trust, New Delhi, India, P 46.
[10]	Cox, S. 2000. Colorado State; from discovery to modern commercialism: The complete story behind Lycopersicon escullentum.
[11]	CSA (Central Statistical Agency). 2018. Agricultural Sample Survey, 2017/18. Report on Area and Production for Major Crops (for Private Peasant Holdings ‘Meher’ season). Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
[12]	Daniel Bisrat, Solomon Abate and Wossen Kebede. 2009. Laboratory Manual for plant products Analysis Volume I or Technical manual 23 (1).
[13]	Dawit Kassa and Afework Bekele. 2008. Species composition, abundance, distribution and habitat association of rodents of Wondo Genet, Ethiopia. SINET: Ethiopian Journal Science, 31 (2): 141–146.
[14]	Desalegn Regassa, Wakene Tigre and Addis Shiferaw. 2016. Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) varieties evaluation in Borana zone, Yabello district, southern Ethiopia. Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science, 8 (10): 206-210.
[15]	Edossa Etissa, Nigussie Dechessa, Tena Alamirew, Yibekal Alemayehu and Lemma Desalegn. 2013. Growth and yield components of tomato as influenced by Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer applications in different growing seasons. Ethiopian Journal of Agricultural Science, 23; 57-77.
[16]	Egbe, O. M. 2005. Evaluation of some agronomic potential of pigeon pea genotypes for intercropping with maize and sorghum in Southern Guinea Savanna. Ph.D. thesis, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria. P. 134.
[17]	Egbe, O. M. 2010. Effects of plant density of intercropped soybean with tall sorghum on competitive ability of soybean and economic yield at Otobi, Benue State, Nigeria Journalof Cereals and Oilseeds, 1 (1): 1 – 10.
[18]	Geleta Lemma, Shimelis Ayele, Chimdo Abdi, Damtew Mengistu, Tiruwork Alemu. 1995. In: Proceedings of the 25th Anniversary of Nazareth Agricultural Research Center: 25 years of experiences in low land crops research, 20-23 September 1995.
[19]	Gomez-Rodriguez, O., Zavaleta-Mejía, E., González-Hernández, V. A., Livera-Mu˜noz, M. E., and Cárdenas-Soriano, E. 2003. Allelopathy and microclimatic modification of intercropping with marigold on tomato early blight disease development. Field Crop Research, 83; 27–34.
[20]	Guenther E. 1972. The production of essential oils: Methods of distillation, effleurage, maceration and extraction with volatile solvents. Florida, USA: Kreieger Public Coorporation. Malabar.
[21]	Hailu Gebru, Kebede W/Tsadik, Tamado Tana. 2015. Effect of Planting Patterns in Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) and Maize (Zea mays L.) Intercropping on Growth, Yield and Yield Traits of the Crops in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia, Journal of Biology Agriculture and Healthcare, 1 (5): 39-49.
[22]	Harnet Abrha, Abrha Kebede, Birhanu Amare, Mehari Desta. 2015. Effect of Inter and Intra- Row Spacing on Yield and Yield Components of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum Linn.) in South Tigray, Ethiopia. Journal of Natural science Research, 5 (5): 2224-3186.
[23]	Hussain, B. and Bilal, S. 2007. Marigold as a Trap Crop Against Tomato Fruit Borer (Lepidoptera Noctuidae). International Journal of Agricultural Research, 2: 185-188.
[24]	Ijoyah, M. O. 2012. Review of intercropping research: Studies on cereal-vegetable based cropping system and Science. Journal of Crop Science, 1 (3): 55-62.
[25]	Ijoyah, M. O., Alexander A., Fanen, F. T. 2016. Egusi Melon-Joy, P. P., Thomas, J., Mathew, S., Jose, G. and Joseph, J. 2001. Aromatic Plants. Tropical Horticulture, 2: 633-733.
[26]	Karimzadeh P., Salmasi S. Z, Kalvanagh S. I, Janmohammadi H. 2015. Essential oil production of dill affected by different intercropping patterns with berseem clover and harvesting times, University of Tabriz, Iran. International Journal of Biosciences, 6 (3): 1-6.
[27]	Katzer, G, Modification. 2004. Peppermint (Mentha piperita L.). [Online]. Available: http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Ment_pip.html.Accessed (date June 12, 2018).
[28]	Kumar, S. and Patra, D. D. 2000. Integinal Paration of Mediculture with Agriculture for sustainable higher productivity, profits and employment. Journal of Aromatic and Medicinal Plant Science, 22: 751-754.
[29]	Lakshminarayanan, M.; Haripriya, K., Manivannan, K., and Kamalakannan, S. 2005. Evaluation of leguminous vegetables as intercrops in pruned fields of jasmine (Jasminum sambac) Journal of Spices and Aromatic Crops, 14 (1): 61-64.
[30]	Lemma Desalegn, Yayeh Zenebe. and Helath. E. 2003. Agronomic studies on Tomato and Capsicum. Pp. 153. In: Helath E. and Lemma D, (Eds). Horticultural Research and Development in Ethiopia. Proceedings of the Second Horticultural work shop of Ethiopia, 1-3 December, 1992. Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
[31]	Mansoori, I. 2014. “The Effect of Plant Density and Harvesting Time on Growth and Essential Oil of Peppermint (Mentha Piperita L.),”. Iranian, Journal of Medical and Bioengineering. 2 (3): 113-116.
[32]	Mazaheri, D., Madani, A. and Oveysi, M. 2006. Assessing the land equivalent ratio (LER) of two corn (Zea mays L.) varieties intercropping at various nitrogen levels in Karaj, Iran. Journalof Central European Agriculture, 7 (2): 359-364.
[33]	Miguel, M. G., Duarte, F., Venancio, F., and Tavares, R. 2004. “Composition of the essential oils from ortuguese Thymus albicans collected at different regions of Ria formasa (Algarve),” Journa of Essential oil Research, 1: 308-311.
[34]	Mimica-Dukic, N., Bozin, B., Sokovic, M., Mihailovic, B. and Matavulj, M. 2003. “Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of three Menthaspecies essential oils,” Planta Medica, 69: 413-419.
[35]	Mondal, S., Sarkar, M. M., Ghosh, T., Kumar, T. and Mai, K. T. 2018. Effect of Mono cropping and Intercropping of Vegetable- Flower Components on Production, Economics and Land Use Efficiency under Sub-Tropical Zone of West Bengal, India. Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology 26 (6): 1-7.
[36]	Mulugeta Tsedalu, Bizuayehu Tesfaye and Yasin Goa. 2014. Effect of Type of Planting Material and Population Density on Corm Yield and Yield Components of Taro (Colocasia Esculenta L.) Gambella Peoples National Regional State Agricultural Bearu, Ethiopia, Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare. 4: 17.
[37]	Pareshbhai, D. T. and Patel, G. D. 2016. Intercropping of annual flowers in Jasminum sambac L. A thesis submitted to the Navsari Agricultural University Navsari Department of Floriculture and Landscape architecture Aspee College of Horticulture and Forestry Navsari Agricultural University Navsari, Gujarat State.
[38]	Rahman, M. Z., Rahman, H. H.; Haque, M. E.; Kabir, M. H.; Naher, S. L.; Ferdaus, K. M. K. B.; Nazmul Huda, A. K. M.; Imran, M. S. and Khalekuzzaman, M. 2006. Banana based intercropping system in North-West part of Bangladesh. Journal of Agronomy, 5 (2): 228-231.
[39]	Rao, R. 2002. Biomass essential oil yield and essential oil composition of rose scented geranium (Pelargonium sp.) as influenced by row spacing intercropping with common mint, Indian Crop Production, 16: 133-144.
[40]	Sadeghi M. N, Mirshekari, B., Kouchebagh, S. B., Al, S. 2013. Time of bean sowing time related to marigold in different intercropping systems could be increase their yields Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran, Life Science Journal 10: 151-155.
[41]	Setotaw Feleke. 2006. Impacts of technological change on household production and food security in smallholder agriculture. The case of wheat–Tef based farming systems in the central highlands of Ethiopia, Central highlands of Ethiopia Setotaw Feleke.
[42]	Singh, P., Krishna A., Kumar V., Krishna S., Singh K., Gupta M. 2016. Chemistry and biology of industrial crop Tagetes Species: A review Journal of Essential Oil Research. 28: 1-14.
[43]	Singh, B., Singh V. 2002. Crop productivity and variation in chemical composition of Tagetes minuta Linn. Essential oil and absolute during crop maturity in mid hills of western Himalayan region. Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants, 5: 30-37.
[44]	Tewodros Mulualem and Asfaw Kefelegn. 2013. Promotion and evaluation of improved technologies through participatory approach in South Ethiopia: Experience from hot pepper. Unique Research Journal of Agricultural Science, 1 (4): 57-62.
[45]	Thankamani, C. K., Kandiannan, K., Madan, M. S., and Raju, V. K. 2011. Crop diversification in black pepper gardens with tuber and fodder crops. Journal plantation. Crops, 39 (3): 358-362.
[46]	Verma, R. K., Rahman, R., Verma, A., Yadav, sunita mishra A., Chauhan, A., Sing, A., kalra, A. K. Kukreja and S. P. S. khanuja. 2009: biomass yield, essential oil yield and resource use efficiency of peppermint (minta piperta L) intercropping with geranium. (Pelargoniumgeraviolence L.) Under different plant density crop production. Journal of Environmental Biology, 44: 577-582.
[47]	Verma, R. K., Verma, R. S., Amit, C., Anand, S., Rahman, L., Alok, K. 2011. Biomass yield, essential oil yield and oil quality of rose-scented geranium (Pelargonium graveolens L.), intercropped with vegetables. International Journal of Agricultural Research. 6 (12): 830-839.
[48]	Willey, R. W. 1979. Intercropping- its importance and research needs. Part 1: Competition and yield advantages. Field Crop Research, 32: 1-10.
[49]	Willey, R. W. 1985. Effect of row arrangement on light interception and yield in sorghum-pigeopea intercropping Journal of Agricultural Science 10 (4): 122-126.

Cite This Article

Plain Text BibTeX RIS

APA Style

Wondimkun Dikr, Desta Abayechaw. (2021). Evaluating Agronomic and Essential Oil of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) Varieties Intercropping with Tomato by Its Population Density at Wondo Genet, Southern Ethiopia. Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 10(6), 220-232. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13

Copy | Download

ACS Style

Wondimkun Dikr; Desta Abayechaw. Evaluating Agronomic and Essential Oil of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) Varieties Intercropping with Tomato by Its Population Density at Wondo Genet, Southern Ethiopia. Agric. For. Fish. 2021, 10(6), 220-232. doi: 10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13

Copy | Download

AMA Style

Wondimkun Dikr, Desta Abayechaw. Evaluating Agronomic and Essential Oil of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) Varieties Intercropping with Tomato by Its Population Density at Wondo Genet, Southern Ethiopia. Agric For Fish. 2021;10(6):220-232. doi: 10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13

Copy | Download

@article{10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13,
  author = {Wondimkun Dikr and Desta Abayechaw},
  title = {Evaluating Agronomic and Essential Oil of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) Varieties Intercropping with Tomato by Its Population Density at Wondo Genet, Southern Ethiopia},
  journal = {Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries},
  volume = {10},
  number = {6},
  pages = {220-232},
  doi = {10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.aff.20211006.13},
  abstract = {Intercropping of African marigolds between tomatoes protects the tomato plants from harmful root-knot nematodes in the soil and increase the marketable fruit yield of tomato by trapping different insects and pest attack and the like. Field experiment was conducted to assess effect of plant densities of intercropped African Marigold Varieties on yield related traits and yield of the associated crops and to evaluate the productivity and economic value of tomato and African marigold intercropping system, in southern parts of Ethiopia, at Wondo Genet Agricultural Research Center in 2017/18 cropping season. Three varieties of African marigold (AVT 001, AVT 540 and AVT 7063) at three population densities (PD) (25%, 50%, and 75%) were intercropped with tomato variety ‘Melk shola’. The three varieties of African marigold (AFM) and tomato were included as a sole for comparison. Randomized complete block design in factorial with three replications was used. The varieties of AFM significantly affected plant (PH), essential oil content (EOC) and essential oil yield (EOY). The tallest plant (55.36 cm) of AFM was due to AVT 001 than other varieties. Variety AVT 540 gave the highest EOC (0.21) and EOY (7.55 kg ha-1) than other two varieties. Sole planted African marigold produced significantly higher (55.73) number of fresh flowers per plant than the intercropped (50.04). Cropping system was significantly affected number of branch (NBPP) and number of fresh flowers per plant (NFFPP). The highest NBPP (24.91) and NFFPP (55.73) were obtained from sole planting of AFM. The highest NBPP (23.15) and NFFPP (50.07) were recorded from 50% PD. of AFM. The highest fresh flower yield (45,860 kg ha-1), dry flower weight per hectare (5,360 kg ha-1), EOC (0.17) and EOY (9.36 kg ha-1) were due to 75% PD. The highest (0.84) partial land equivalent ratio (LER) of tomato and total LER (1.43) were due to 50% PD. The highest value of monetary advantage index (37,225 ETB ha-1) was due to 50% PD. Therefore, any of the three African marigold varieties at 50% PD could be recommended for intercropping with tomato.},
 year = {2021}
}

Copy | Download

TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluating Agronomic and Essential Oil of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) Varieties Intercropping with Tomato by Its Population Density at Wondo Genet, Southern Ethiopia
AU  - Wondimkun Dikr
AU  - Desta Abayechaw
Y1  - 2021/12/02
PY  - 2021
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13
DO  - 10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13
T2  - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
JF  - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
JO  - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
SP  - 220
EP  - 232
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2328-5648
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13
AB  - Intercropping of African marigolds between tomatoes protects the tomato plants from harmful root-knot nematodes in the soil and increase the marketable fruit yield of tomato by trapping different insects and pest attack and the like. Field experiment was conducted to assess effect of plant densities of intercropped African Marigold Varieties on yield related traits and yield of the associated crops and to evaluate the productivity and economic value of tomato and African marigold intercropping system, in southern parts of Ethiopia, at Wondo Genet Agricultural Research Center in 2017/18 cropping season. Three varieties of African marigold (AVT 001, AVT 540 and AVT 7063) at three population densities (PD) (25%, 50%, and 75%) were intercropped with tomato variety ‘Melk shola’. The three varieties of African marigold (AFM) and tomato were included as a sole for comparison. Randomized complete block design in factorial with three replications was used. The varieties of AFM significantly affected plant (PH), essential oil content (EOC) and essential oil yield (EOY). The tallest plant (55.36 cm) of AFM was due to AVT 001 than other varieties. Variety AVT 540 gave the highest EOC (0.21) and EOY (7.55 kg ha-1) than other two varieties. Sole planted African marigold produced significantly higher (55.73) number of fresh flowers per plant than the intercropped (50.04). Cropping system was significantly affected number of branch (NBPP) and number of fresh flowers per plant (NFFPP). The highest NBPP (24.91) and NFFPP (55.73) were obtained from sole planting of AFM. The highest NBPP (23.15) and NFFPP (50.07) were recorded from 50% PD. of AFM. The highest fresh flower yield (45,860 kg ha-1), dry flower weight per hectare (5,360 kg ha-1), EOC (0.17) and EOY (9.36 kg ha-1) were due to 75% PD. The highest (0.84) partial land equivalent ratio (LER) of tomato and total LER (1.43) were due to 50% PD. The highest value of monetary advantage index (37,225 ETB ha-1) was due to 50% PD. Therefore, any of the three African marigold varieties at 50% PD could be recommended for intercropping with tomato.
VL  - 10
IS  - 6
ER  -

Copy | Download

Author Information

Wondimkun Dikr

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Wondo Genet Agricultural Research Center, Hawassa, Ethiopia
Desta Abayechaw

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Wondo Genet Agricultural Research Center, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Download PDF

Sections

Plain Text BibTeX RIS

APA Style

Wondimkun Dikr, Desta Abayechaw. (2021). Evaluating Agronomic and Essential Oil of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) Varieties Intercropping with Tomato by Its Population Density at Wondo Genet, Southern Ethiopia. Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 10(6), 220-232. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13

Copy | Download

ACS Style

Wondimkun Dikr; Desta Abayechaw. Evaluating Agronomic and Essential Oil of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) Varieties Intercropping with Tomato by Its Population Density at Wondo Genet, Southern Ethiopia. Agric. For. Fish. 2021, 10(6), 220-232. doi: 10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13

Copy | Download

AMA Style

Wondimkun Dikr, Desta Abayechaw. Evaluating Agronomic and Essential Oil of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) Varieties Intercropping with Tomato by Its Population Density at Wondo Genet, Southern Ethiopia. Agric For Fish. 2021;10(6):220-232. doi: 10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13

Copy | Download

@article{10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13,
  author = {Wondimkun Dikr and Desta Abayechaw},
  title = {Evaluating Agronomic and Essential Oil of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) Varieties Intercropping with Tomato by Its Population Density at Wondo Genet, Southern Ethiopia},
  journal = {Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries},
  volume = {10},
  number = {6},
  pages = {220-232},
  doi = {10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13},
  eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.aff.20211006.13},
  abstract = {Intercropping of African marigolds between tomatoes protects the tomato plants from harmful root-knot nematodes in the soil and increase the marketable fruit yield of tomato by trapping different insects and pest attack and the like. Field experiment was conducted to assess effect of plant densities of intercropped African Marigold Varieties on yield related traits and yield of the associated crops and to evaluate the productivity and economic value of tomato and African marigold intercropping system, in southern parts of Ethiopia, at Wondo Genet Agricultural Research Center in 2017/18 cropping season. Three varieties of African marigold (AVT 001, AVT 540 and AVT 7063) at three population densities (PD) (25%, 50%, and 75%) were intercropped with tomato variety ‘Melk shola’. The three varieties of African marigold (AFM) and tomato were included as a sole for comparison. Randomized complete block design in factorial with three replications was used. The varieties of AFM significantly affected plant (PH), essential oil content (EOC) and essential oil yield (EOY). The tallest plant (55.36 cm) of AFM was due to AVT 001 than other varieties. Variety AVT 540 gave the highest EOC (0.21) and EOY (7.55 kg ha-1) than other two varieties. Sole planted African marigold produced significantly higher (55.73) number of fresh flowers per plant than the intercropped (50.04). Cropping system was significantly affected number of branch (NBPP) and number of fresh flowers per plant (NFFPP). The highest NBPP (24.91) and NFFPP (55.73) were obtained from sole planting of AFM. The highest NBPP (23.15) and NFFPP (50.07) were recorded from 50% PD. of AFM. The highest fresh flower yield (45,860 kg ha-1), dry flower weight per hectare (5,360 kg ha-1), EOC (0.17) and EOY (9.36 kg ha-1) were due to 75% PD. The highest (0.84) partial land equivalent ratio (LER) of tomato and total LER (1.43) were due to 50% PD. The highest value of monetary advantage index (37,225 ETB ha-1) was due to 50% PD. Therefore, any of the three African marigold varieties at 50% PD could be recommended for intercropping with tomato.},
 year = {2021}
}

Copy | Download

TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluating Agronomic and Essential Oil of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) Varieties Intercropping with Tomato by Its Population Density at Wondo Genet, Southern Ethiopia
AU  - Wondimkun Dikr
AU  - Desta Abayechaw
Y1  - 2021/12/02
PY  - 2021
N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13
DO  - 10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13
T2  - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
JF  - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
JO  - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
SP  - 220
EP  - 232
PB  - Science Publishing Group
SN  - 2328-5648
UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.aff.20211006.13
AB  - Intercropping of African marigolds between tomatoes protects the tomato plants from harmful root-knot nematodes in the soil and increase the marketable fruit yield of tomato by trapping different insects and pest attack and the like. Field experiment was conducted to assess effect of plant densities of intercropped African Marigold Varieties on yield related traits and yield of the associated crops and to evaluate the productivity and economic value of tomato and African marigold intercropping system, in southern parts of Ethiopia, at Wondo Genet Agricultural Research Center in 2017/18 cropping season. Three varieties of African marigold (AVT 001, AVT 540 and AVT 7063) at three population densities (PD) (25%, 50%, and 75%) were intercropped with tomato variety ‘Melk shola’. The three varieties of African marigold (AFM) and tomato were included as a sole for comparison. Randomized complete block design in factorial with three replications was used. The varieties of AFM significantly affected plant (PH), essential oil content (EOC) and essential oil yield (EOY). The tallest plant (55.36 cm) of AFM was due to AVT 001 than other varieties. Variety AVT 540 gave the highest EOC (0.21) and EOY (7.55 kg ha-1) than other two varieties. Sole planted African marigold produced significantly higher (55.73) number of fresh flowers per plant than the intercropped (50.04). Cropping system was significantly affected number of branch (NBPP) and number of fresh flowers per plant (NFFPP). The highest NBPP (24.91) and NFFPP (55.73) were obtained from sole planting of AFM. The highest NBPP (23.15) and NFFPP (50.07) were recorded from 50% PD. of AFM. The highest fresh flower yield (45,860 kg ha-1), dry flower weight per hectare (5,360 kg ha-1), EOC (0.17) and EOY (9.36 kg ha-1) were due to 75% PD. The highest (0.84) partial land equivalent ratio (LER) of tomato and total LER (1.43) were due to 50% PD. The highest value of monetary advantage index (37,225 ETB ha-1) was due to 50% PD. Therefore, any of the three African marigold varieties at 50% PD could be recommended for intercropping with tomato.
VL  - 10
IS  - 6
ER  -

Copy | Download