<p> EFFECTS OF MAIZE POPULATION DENSITY AND ROW ARRANGEMENT OF PEPPER ON THE YIELD OF MAIZE AND CHILLI PEPPER IN A MAIZE – PEPPER INTERCROP</p><p>1ABDULRAHEEM M.I.; 1OMOGOYE, A. M.; 2CHARLES, E. F</p><p>1. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, LANLATE P.M.B. 001, LANLATE, OYO STATE, NIGERIA 2. NIGERIA INSTITUTE FOR OIL PALM RESEARCH, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE, NIGERIA</p><p>(ORAL PRESENTATION)</p><p>Corresponding Author: Abdulraheem, M.I. [email protected] +2348028878835</p><p>ABSTRACT Field trial were conducted to investigate the effects of maize population density and row arrangement of pepper on the yield of maize and chilli pepper in a maize-cowpea intercrop. It was a 2 X 3 factorial experiment consisting of two rows arrangement of chilli pepper (i.e. inter and intra row) and three maize population density (26,667; 35,556 and 53,333 plants/ha); sole crops of maize and pepper were also used as control, given a total of eight treatments. The results revealed that there were no significant differences (P < 0.05) in the yield of maize grains of both intercrop and sole plants though, sole maize recorded the highest grain yield per hectare (1.9ton). Conversely, lowest population density (26,667p/ha) of maize positively favoured fruit yield of chilli peppers irrespective of the row arrangement. Keywords: Maize, Pepper, row, density, yield </p>