ABUNDANCE OF Solanecio biafrae AND STRUCTRE OF WEEDS COMMUNITIES IN SOME COCOA PLOTS APOJE, IJEBU IGBO, STATE, NIGERIA
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2015-09-09
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Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic Ijebu Igbo
Abstract
Solanecio biafrae is an important indigenous vegetable from cocoa collected in the wild plantation. The enumeration of S. biafrae and other low growing plant species was carried out in five coca plot in Apoje Farm, Ijebu North 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 (H') and evenness (J1) indices were calculated to determine the community structure.