Abstract
In a microplot experiment conducted in 1999 and 2000 on light soil triticale and field beans were grown as sole crops and in the intercrop system. Two pure stand plant densities were established: 200 and 400 plants/m2 for triticale and 50 and 100 plants/m2 for field beans. Four possible intercropping combinations were obtained by adding densities of both crops. Triticale was a better competitor than field beans in all intercrops resulting in competitive balance index significantly greater than zero. The number of pods per plant of field beans was significantly reduced in all intercropping combinations compared to the pure stands, however quality of grain of the legume was unaffected by competition. Intercrop comprising 200 plants/m2 of triticale and 50 plants/m2 of field beans was most productive in the experiment but addition 50 more plants/m2 of the legume decreased significantly grain yield of intercrop by 16.2%. The results also show that effective triticale-field beans intercrop for light soil may be designed as additive one, based on 400 plants/m2 of triticale.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Triticale was the stronger competitor in all intercrops.
- Taxon
- Triticale
×Triticosecalee0 - Outcome
- better competitor than field beanse0
- Value
- greater than zeroe0
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Verbatim
e0“Triticale was a better competitor than field beans in all intercrops resulting in competitive balance index significantly greater than zero”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping reduced field bean pods per plant relative to pure stands.
Verbatim
e0“The number of pods per plant of field beans was significantly reduced in all intercropping combinations compared to the pure stands”
Claim · model-written summary
Competition did not affect legume grain quality.
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“quality of grain of the legume was unaffected by competition”
t0“field beans”
Claim · model-written summary
The 200 triticale plus 50 bean intercrop was most productive.
Verbatim
e0“Intercrop comprising 200 plants/m2 of triticale and 50 plants/m2 of field beans was most productive in the experiment”
Claim · model-written summary
Adding 50 more bean plants reduced intercrop grain yield by 16.2%.
- Taxon
- field beanst0
- Treatment
- addition 50 more plants/m2 of the legumee0
- Outcome
- grain yield of intercrope0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Value
- 16.2%e0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“addition 50 more plants/m2 of the legume decreased significantly grain yield of intercrop by 16.2%”
t0“field beans”
Claim · model-written summary
Authors recommend an additive intercrop based on 400 triticale plants per m2 on light soil.
- Taxon
- triticale×Triticosecalee0
- Outcome
- additive one, based on 400 plants/m2 of triticalee0
- Setting
- light soile0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“effective triticale-field beans intercrop for light soil may be designed as additive one, based on 400 plants/m2 of triticale”
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