Authors: G.C. Ufoegbune1, N.J. Bello, A.O. Ogunsakin, A.O. Eroula, A.A. Makinde* and A.A. Amori
J. Biol. Chem. Research. Vol. 28, No. 1 & 2: 77-83 (2011) (An International Journal of Life Sciences and Chemistry)
Abstract
An experiment was carried out at the green house of the college of environmental resources management at the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Ogun state to assess the variation in the uptake of water of two horticultural crops: Amaranthus and Celosia. The experiment was laid out in a completely randomized design (CRD) and was replicated three times with a control. 0.75litres of water was applied to the crops at a day interval. Data
collected were analyzed and student t-test was used to compare the means of the crops planted as a sole and as an intercrop and the test was also used to formulate three hypotheses. The result of the analysis of the T-test of the uptake of water on the mean values of sole crop of Amaranthus and Celosia and their intercrop at 95% confidence level while the degree of freedom(t58) was between 2.002 and 2.002 showed that the calculated value is greater than the tabulated value. The result showed that there were significant differences between the uptake of water in the different crops and the intercrop.
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