3752: Entwicklung eines pfluglosen Getreideanbausystems für den ökologischen Landbau: „Bicropping“ von Winterweizen und Weißklee [Development of a no-till cereal cropping system for organic farming: winter wheat-white clover bicropping]

Neumann, Helge; Loges, Ralf and Taube, Friedhelm (2005) Entwicklung eines pfluglosen Getreideanbausystems für den ökologischen Landbau: „Bicropping“ von Winterweizen und Weißklee [Development of a no-till cereal cropping system for organic farming: winter wheat-white clover bicropping]. Paper presented at 8. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau - Ende der Nische, Kassel, 01.03.2005 - 04.03.2005; Published in Heß, J and Rahmann, G, Eds. Ende der Nische, Beiträge zur 8. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau. kassel university press GmbH, Kassel.

Summary

Direct drilling of winter wheat in living mulches of white clover resulted in dry matter yields and forage quality of whole crop silage similar to wheat sown after ploughing. Grain yields, however, were lower in the intercropping system than in the sole wheat system. As wheat/clover “bicropping” caused very high grain yields of succeeding crops (oats, rye), it was concluded that the system allows to grow both cash crop and green manure crop in the same year and, therefore, might be a profitable alternative to otherwise common green manures in organic crop rotations.

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