ABUNDANCE OF Solaneciobiafrae AND STRUCTURE OF WEEDS COMMUNITIES IN SOME COCOA PLOTS IN APOJE, IJEBU IGBO ' OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
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2015-09-16
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Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic Ijebu Igbo
Abstract
Solaneciobiafrae is an important indigenous vegetable collected in the wild from cocoa plantation. The enumeration of S. biafrae and other low growing in plant species was carried out in five coca plot in Apoje Farm, Ijebu North t:
Local Government Ogun State, Nigeria, in July 2015 using random sampling
techniques. Relative frequency, relative density and relative importance
value (RIV) were determined for each plant species. Shannon - wieners
index (H1) and evem1ess (J1) indices were calculated to determine the
community structure.
Average of nineteen weeds species were enumerated for the each of the five plots. Solaneciobiafrae was found on two plots out of the five plots enumerated with RI V of 5.4 % and 7.1 % · Domestication and cultivation of S' biafrae should be encourage to avast the extinction of this vegetable