Optimizing Crop Systems: Integrating Forage Triticale into the Fallow of Peanut Monoculture in the North China Plain
Integrating a forage crop into the fallow (F) of the peanut (<i>Arachis hypogaea</i> L.) (P) mono-cropping system is a practical approach to provide forage yield and increase the resource use efficiency. However, little information about the comprehensive assessment of water utilization...
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| description | Integrating a forage crop into the fallow (F) of the peanut (<i>Arachis hypogaea</i> L.) (P) mono-cropping system is a practical approach to provide forage yield and increase the resource use efficiency. However, little information about the comprehensive assessment of water utilization and economic benefits in the crop–livestock system exists for the North China Plain (NCP). This study aims to identify the crop rotation for optimizing water management and enhance economic benefit. The field experiment was performed over three years (2011–2014) to assess production, water utilization, and economic benefits when inserting forage triticale (<i>X Triticosecale</i> Wittmack) (T) into the peanut mono-cropping system. Results showed that replacing the fallow F-P cropping system with forage triticale provided a substantial amount of forage (the average of 9.8 t ha<sup>−1</sup> per year) and enhanced the average system productivity by 85.1%. Cultivation of forage triticale during the fallow period decreased the subsequent peanut pod yield by 8.3% due to a 19.3% decline in soil water storage capacity during the sowing stage of peanut. Replacing fallow with forage triticale increased the system net income by 1016.2 US$ ha<sup>−1</sup> and the water use efficiency (WUE) by 30.0%, while not affecting the economic efficiency of water use (EEWU), and thus can be recommended as a better option for maintaining relatively high system production, economic benefit, and WUE in NCP. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-01965c94cb2e46f2a5b9c54d6da8e5bb2023-11-23T09:43:23ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952022-05-01125113810.3390/agronomy12051138Optimizing Crop Systems: Integrating Forage Triticale into the Fallow of Peanut Monoculture in the North China PlainYongliang You0Jianqiang Deng1Guibo Liu2Xianlong Yang3Zhixin Zhang4Yuying Shen5College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730020, ChinaCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730020, ChinaDryland Farming Institute, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Hengshui 053000, ChinaCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730020, ChinaCollege of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, ChinaCollege of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730020, ChinaIntegrating a forage crop into the fallow (F) of the peanut (<i>Arachis hypogaea</i> L.) (P) mono-cropping system is a practical approach to provide forage yield and increase the resource use efficiency. However, little information about the comprehensive assessment of water utilization and economic benefits in the crop–livestock system exists for the North China Plain (NCP). This study aims to identify the crop rotation for optimizing water management and enhance economic benefit. The field experiment was performed over three years (2011–2014) to assess production, water utilization, and economic benefits when inserting forage triticale (<i>X Triticosecale</i> Wittmack) (T) into the peanut mono-cropping system. Results showed that replacing the fallow F-P cropping system with forage triticale provided a substantial amount of forage (the average of 9.8 t ha<sup>−1</sup> per year) and enhanced the average system productivity by 85.1%. Cultivation of forage triticale during the fallow period decreased the subsequent peanut pod yield by 8.3% due to a 19.3% decline in soil water storage capacity during the sowing stage of peanut. Replacing fallow with forage triticale increased the system net income by 1016.2 US$ ha<sup>−1</sup> and the water use efficiency (WUE) by 30.0%, while not affecting the economic efficiency of water use (EEWU), and thus can be recommended as a better option for maintaining relatively high system production, economic benefit, and WUE in NCP.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/5/1138fallow–peanut cropping systemforage triticalewater use efficiencyeconomic efficiency of water usenet income |
| spellingShingle | Yongliang You Jianqiang Deng Guibo Liu Xianlong Yang Zhixin Zhang Yuying Shen Optimizing Crop Systems: Integrating Forage Triticale into the Fallow of Peanut Monoculture in the North China Plain Agronomy fallow–peanut cropping system forage triticale water use efficiency economic efficiency of water use net income |
| title | Optimizing Crop Systems: Integrating Forage Triticale into the Fallow of Peanut Monoculture in the North China Plain |
| title_full | Optimizing Crop Systems: Integrating Forage Triticale into the Fallow of Peanut Monoculture in the North China Plain |
| title_fullStr | Optimizing Crop Systems: Integrating Forage Triticale into the Fallow of Peanut Monoculture in the North China Plain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimizing Crop Systems: Integrating Forage Triticale into the Fallow of Peanut Monoculture in the North China Plain |
| title_short | Optimizing Crop Systems: Integrating Forage Triticale into the Fallow of Peanut Monoculture in the North China Plain |
| title_sort | optimizing crop systems integrating forage triticale into the fallow of peanut monoculture in the north china plain |
| topic | fallow–peanut cropping system forage triticale water use efficiency economic efficiency of water use net income |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/5/1138 |
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