The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block
Design (RCBD). The treatment consist of sole rubber at the
spacing of 6.7 × 3.4 m and four intercrop spacing (6.7 × 3.4 m,
4.0 × 2.0 m, 3.0 × 3.0 m and 2.0 × 2.0 m) of cooking Banana
within immature rubber avenue of 6.7 × 3.4 m. Each of this
treatment was replicated five times. The rubber clones and
cooking banana cultivar used are RRIM 501 and Cadaba, re-
spectively. Details of the field arrangement and management
practices are contained in Esekhade and Ojiekpon (1997).