Inter-cropping Maize and Groundnut at Different Spacing and Dates

A field study conducted to evaluate the most appropriate spatial arrangement and the relative time of inter cropping the legume into the cereal using two crops namely maize and groundnut. The groundnut was inter cropped in to the maize at three different times and in two different arrangement at the university of Ghana farm during the major season of 2010. The three inter cropping stages were: groundnut inter cropped in to maize at the same time the maize was sown; groundnut inter cropped into maize one week after sowing maize; and finally groundnut inter cropped two weeks after sowing maize. The spatial arrangement were : one row of groundnut after one row of maize (1:1) and two row of groundnut after one row of maize (1:2). Non-inter cropped plots served as control.