of four treatments with three replicates. Each plot
size was 4 × 3 m separated by 1 m wide spacing
for demarcation between plots making twelve
plots. Also twelve cassava stems with five to seven
nodes were planted horizontally per each plot at a
spacing of 1 m by 1 m. The crop was maintained at
near field capacity for the first month to enhance
good crop establishment.
Four different water regimes, three of which
were based on fractions of available water (AW),
are presented in Table 2. A simple drip irrigation
technology with low gravity bucket was adopted
for the experiment. Drip laterals were laid out at
1.0 m spacing between the rows. The drippers
were placed at 1.0 m apart along the lateral line
with a discharge capacity of 4 l/min each.