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Effect of intercropping normal-leafed or semi-leafless winter peas and triticale after shallow and deep ploughing on agronomic performance, grain quality and succeeding winter wheat yield

Gronle, Annkathrin; Heß, Jürgen and Böhm, Herwart (2015) Effect of intercropping normal-leafed or semi-leafless winter peas and triticale after shallow and deep ploughing on agronomic performance, grain quality and succeeding winter wheat yield. Field Crops Research, 180, pp. 80-89.

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Summary

Winter peas (Pisum sativum L.) are a promising alternative to spring peas in organic farming. Intercroppingwinter peas and cereals may be a beneficial way to improve lodging resistance in normal-leafed andweed suppression in semi-leafless winter peas. At the same time, there is an increasing interest in areduction in tillage intensity, e.g. shallow ploughing. A normal-leafed, coloured-flowered (cv. E.F.B. 33)and a semi-leafless, white-flowered winter pea (cv. James) were cultivated as sole crops or in intercropswith triticale (Triticosecale Wittmarck) on a loam soil under Northern German conditions during twoseasons (2009/2010, 2010/2011) and compared for winter survival, lodging resistance, yield performance,grain quality and succeeding winter wheat yield. The two ploughing depths were short-term shallowploughing to 10–12 cm and continuous deep ploughing to 25–27 cm. Intercropping did not improvewinter survival, which depended on pre-winter development. Owing to the low lodging resistance ofnormal-leafed winter pea E.F.B. 33, sole cropping is not advisable. Intercropping normal-leafed winterpea E.F.B. 33 and triticale resulted in a better yield performance (2.54–3.39 t d.m. ha−1) than the semi-leafless winter pea James sole (0.97–1.79 t d.m. ha−1) or intercrops (2.05–2.86 t d.m. ha−1). E.F.B. 33 hadsignificantly higher grain crude protein, crude fibre and macronutrient contents, whereas the crude fat,starch and sugar content as well as the energetic feed value were higher in James. Wheat yields afterE.F.B. 33 sole and intercrops were higher than after the corresponding James sole or intercrops. Thebiomass production, yield performance and the energetic feed value of winter pea sole and intercropswere comparable between ploughing depths or higher after shallow ploughing. Thus, E.F.B. 33-triticaleintercrops provided better results than James sole or intercrops, except for the energetic feed value, andshallow ploughing was a good alternative to deep ploughing for the cultivation of winter peas.


EPrint Type:Journal paper
Keywords:Organic farming, Winter lossesm, Lodging resistance, Biomass production, Yield components, Energetic feed value, BÖLN, BOELN, BÖL, BOEL, FKZ 08OE009, FKZ 11OE085
Subjects: Crop husbandry > Crop combinations and interactions
Crop husbandry > Production systems > Cereals, pulses and oilseeds
Crop husbandry > Soil tillage
Crop husbandry > Weed management
Research affiliation: Germany > Federal Organic Farming Scheme - BOELN > Plants > Pflanzenbau
Germany > Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries - VTI > Institute of Organic Farming - OEL
Germany > University of Kassel > Department of Organic Farming and Cropping
ISSN:0378-4290
Related Links:http://www.bundesprogramm-oekolandbau.de, https://orgprints.org/cgi/search/advanced?addtitle%2Ftitle=&keywords=08OE009&projects=BOEL&_order=bypublication&_action_search=Suchen, https://orgprints.org/cgi/search/advanced?addtitle%2Ftitle=&keywords=11OE085&projects=BOEL&_order=bypublication&_action_search=Suchen
Deposited By: Böhm, Dr. Herwart
ID Code:29319
Deposited On:28 Sep 2015 11:05
Last Modified:14 Jul 2020 08:26
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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