Comparison of resilience of different plant teams to drought and temperature extremes in Denmark in sole and intercropping systems
Intercropping (IC) can reduce nitrogen fertilizer requirements, supress weeds, and improve crop yields and yield stability. Three field trials were conducted in Denmark in 2018 with intercropping and sole crops (SC) using spring wheat, barley, faba bean and field pea to compare productivity under fi...
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| author | Robin R. Sears Ambreen Naz Shah Lisa Mølgaard Lehmann Bhim Bahadur Ghaley |
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| description | Intercropping (IC) can reduce nitrogen fertilizer requirements, supress weeds, and improve crop yields and yield stability. Three field trials were conducted in Denmark in 2018 with intercropping and sole crops (SC) using spring wheat, barley, faba bean and field pea to compare productivity under five fertilizer levels. The trials were carried out using in a split-plot design with four. Anomalous weather during the 2018 cropping season created drought conditions and high temperatures above 31°C. No effect of fertilizer treatment was found, and total dry matter and grain yields were supressed in all systems. Wheat grain yields averaged 2.14 t ha−1 across systems, ranging from 1.58 t ha−1 as a component of the IC to 2.44 t ha−1 as SC, and barley grain yields averaged 2.35 t ha−1. Faba bean yielded 1.78 t ha−1 as SC, but failed in the IC. Pea failed in both systems. Intercropping barley with cover crops had no effect on grain yield or total dry matter. These results suggest that intercropping provided no production advantage during a drought and illuminate the need to continue conducting research and breeding on drought-resistant cultivars. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9b569a3a2b6e4b50a7a7df87f232258e2023-09-15T10:26:26ZengTaylor & Francis GroupActa Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science0906-47101651-19132021-10-0171764565510.1080/09064710.2021.19366211936621Comparison of resilience of different plant teams to drought and temperature extremes in Denmark in sole and intercropping systemsRobin R. Sears0Ambreen Naz Shah1Lisa Mølgaard Lehmann2Bhim Bahadur Ghaley3University of CopenhagenUniversity of CopenhagenUniversity of CopenhagenUniversity of CopenhagenIntercropping (IC) can reduce nitrogen fertilizer requirements, supress weeds, and improve crop yields and yield stability. Three field trials were conducted in Denmark in 2018 with intercropping and sole crops (SC) using spring wheat, barley, faba bean and field pea to compare productivity under five fertilizer levels. The trials were carried out using in a split-plot design with four. Anomalous weather during the 2018 cropping season created drought conditions and high temperatures above 31°C. No effect of fertilizer treatment was found, and total dry matter and grain yields were supressed in all systems. Wheat grain yields averaged 2.14 t ha−1 across systems, ranging from 1.58 t ha−1 as a component of the IC to 2.44 t ha−1 as SC, and barley grain yields averaged 2.35 t ha−1. Faba bean yielded 1.78 t ha−1 as SC, but failed in the IC. Pea failed in both systems. Intercropping barley with cover crops had no effect on grain yield or total dry matter. These results suggest that intercropping provided no production advantage during a drought and illuminate the need to continue conducting research and breeding on drought-resistant cultivars.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09064710.2021.1936621intercroppingcereal-legumedroughtbarleycover cropfield trialland equivalent ratio |
| spellingShingle | Robin R. Sears Ambreen Naz Shah Lisa Mølgaard Lehmann Bhim Bahadur Ghaley Comparison of resilience of different plant teams to drought and temperature extremes in Denmark in sole and intercropping systems Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science intercropping cereal-legume drought barley cover crop field trial land equivalent ratio |
| title | Comparison of resilience of different plant teams to drought and temperature extremes in Denmark in sole and intercropping systems |
| title_full | Comparison of resilience of different plant teams to drought and temperature extremes in Denmark in sole and intercropping systems |
| title_fullStr | Comparison of resilience of different plant teams to drought and temperature extremes in Denmark in sole and intercropping systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparison of resilience of different plant teams to drought and temperature extremes in Denmark in sole and intercropping systems |
| title_short | Comparison of resilience of different plant teams to drought and temperature extremes in Denmark in sole and intercropping systems |
| title_sort | comparison of resilience of different plant teams to drought and temperature extremes in denmark in sole and intercropping systems |
| topic | intercropping cereal-legume drought barley cover crop field trial land equivalent ratio |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09064710.2021.1936621 |
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