Abstract
An experiment was conducted on the lowland experimental field of National Cereals Research Institute, Badeggi (9°45’N, 60°7’E, ALT 70.57 M ) in the southern Guinea savanna zone of Nigeria in 2011, 2012 and 2013 to determine the effects of cassava/legume inter-cropping patterns on grain yield of subsequent lowland rice. The result revealed that significant higher plant height, tiller/stool and grains/panicle were obtained from with rice grown after cassava/ cowpea and cassava/Aeschynomene compared with rice grown after cassava/soybean and cassava/Lablab. Significantly higher rice panicles per metre, 1000 rice grain weight and rice grain yield were also observed in the same treatments. Cassava/cowpea and cassava/Aeschynomene are hence recommended to be planted before lowland rice.
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