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Performance of Kapok Clones as Alley Crops With Cassava as Their Cash

By persada, on July 25th, 2010

Moch. Sahid, Marjani and Teger BasukiCeiba petandra, alley crop, yield, cassava, cash crop, Central Java

ABSTRACT

Increasing of kapok productivity gives positive impact to farmer’s income and foreign exchange. One of the efforts to increase kapok productivity is by genetic potential improvement. Beside increasing the productivity, farmer’s income could be increased by utilization of land under kapok trees with cash crops. The objective of this research was to find out kapok clones having high yield and suitable as alley crops intercropped with cassava.

The activity was conducted at Ngemplak Experimental Garden, Pati from January 2002 toDecember 2002. Kapok clones were planted on January 1998. This research was arranged inrandomized block design with 3 replications. Twelve kapok clones which were 4 years oldwere tested as alley crops with cassava as cash crops. The results showed that clone E22 was suitable as alley crop with cassava as cash crops. The yield of the clone was 1,143.8 kg pods per ha and cassava production was 13,896 kg/ha. The combinations of clone E22 as alley crop with cassava as cash crops gave income to the farmers Rp. 2,999,010 per ha.

Key words: Kapok,

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