%0 Figure %A Dube, Ernest %A Fanadzo, Morris %D 2019 %T Effects of plant density and leaf harvest intensity on grain yield of a determinate cowpea cultivar on a sandy soil in rural Zimbabwe %U https://esango.cput.ac.za/articles/figure/Effects_of_plant_density_and_leaf_harvest_intensity_on_grain_yield_of_a_determinate_cowpea_cultivar_on_a_sandy_soil_in_rural_Zimbabwe/10012847 %R 10.25381/cput.10012847.v1 %2 https://esango.cput.ac.za/ndownloader/files/19013006 %2 https://esango.cput.ac.za/ndownloader/files/19013009 %K plant density treatments %K Determinate cowpea %K Rural Zimbabwe %K Leaf harvest intensity %K Grain yield %K Sandy soil %K Agronomy %K Farming Systems Research %K Agricultural Land Management %K Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences not elsewhere classified %K Agriculture, Land and Farm Management not elsewhere classified %K Crop and Pasture Post Harvest Technologies (incl. Transportation and Storage) %K Sustainable Agricultural Development %X Two figures demonstrate that both cowpea grain and leaf yield of leaf harvested plants were improved by increasing plant density. Thinning at any point before 4 weeks after crop emergence can avert yield loss resulting from increased plant density, whilst providing high harvestable vegetable loads %I Cape Peninsula University of Technology