Abstract
Summary Ecological intensification of crop production involves the use of intercrops and the rational use of inoculation and fertilization in case of intercrops including legume species. The root system plays an important role in the productivity of crops. Therefore, effects of the inoculation treatments (Nitragina) or foliar fertilization (Photrel) or a combination of both were assessed on root parameters of pea grown as pure stand or intercrops with linseed or wheat in a 3-year experiment in Poland. Crop stand composition influenced the root parameters of pea with a higher root length density (RLD) in the root fractions of 0.1–1 mm of pea in pea/linseed intercrops than in the pure stand, a higher mean root diameter (MRD) in pure pea and intercrops of pea with linseed than with wheat, and also a tendency of a higher root dry matter (RDM) in pure pea and pea/linseed than in pea/wheat in 2 out of the 3 years. RLD was higher with Photrel than with Nitragina in root fractions of 0.1–0.5 mm. Treatments did not affect the MRD, but a combination of Nitragina + Photrel increased the RDM in 1 year. Intercropping of pea with linseed and the application of a foliar fertilizer might be a strategy to improve pea root characteristics.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Pea root length density in the 0.1-1 mm root fractions was higher in pea/linseed intercrops than in the pure stand.
- Taxon
- pea
Lathyrus oleraceuse0 - Treatment
- pea/linseed intercropse0
- Outcome
- root length density (RLD) in the root fractions of 0.1–1 mme0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- pure stande0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“a higher root length density (RLD) in the root fractions of 0.1–1 mm of pea in pea/linseed intercrops than in the pure stand”
Claim · model-written summary
Mean root diameter of pea was higher in pure pea and pea/linseed intercrops than in intercrops with wheat.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceuse0
- Treatment
- pure pea and intercrops of pea with linseede0
- Outcome
- mean root diameter (MRD)e0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- with wheate0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“a higher mean root diameter (MRD) in pure pea and intercrops of pea with linseed than with wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
There was a tendency toward higher pea root dry matter in pure pea and pea/linseed than in pea/wheat in 2 of the 3 years.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceuse0
- Treatment
- pure pea and pea/linseede0
- Outcome
- root dry matter (RDM)e0
- Direction
- highere0
- Qualifier
- 2 out of the 3 yearse0
- Comparator
- pea/wheate0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“a tendency of a higher root dry matter (RDM) in pure pea and pea/linseed than in pea/wheat in 2 out of the 3 years”
Claim · model-written summary
Pea root length density in the 0.1-0.5 mm root fractions was higher with Photrel foliar fertilization than with Nitragina inoculation.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“RLD was higher with Photrel than with Nitragina in root fractions”
t0“pea root parameters”
Claim · model-written summary
The inoculation and foliar fertilization treatments did not affect pea mean root diameter.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceust0
- Treatment
- Treatmentse0
- Outcome
- MRDe0
- Direction
- did not affecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Treatments did not affect the MRD”
t0“pea root parameters”
Claim · model-written summary
The combination of Nitragina and Photrel increased pea root dry matter in one year.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceust0
- Treatment
- combination of Nitragina + Photrele0
- Outcome
- RDMe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- in 1 yeare0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“a combination of Nitragina + Photrel increased the RDM in 1 year”
t0“pea root parameters”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest that intercropping pea with linseed and applying a foliar fertilizer might be a strategy to improve pea root characteristics.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceuse0
- Outcome
- improve pea root characteristicse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Intercropping of pea with linseed and the application of a foliar fertilizer might be a strategy to improve pea root characteristics”
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