7487: Pea-barley intercrops use nitrogen sources 20-30% more efficiently than the sole crops

Hauggaard-Nielsen, Henrik; Ambus, Per; Brisson, Nadine; Crozat, Yves; Dahlmann, Christoph; Dibet, Audrey; von Fragstein und Niemsdorff, Peter; Gooding, Mike; Kasyanova, Elena; Launay, Marie; Monti, Michele; Pristeri, Aurelio and Steen Jensen, Erik (2006) Pea-barley intercrops use nitrogen sources 20-30% more efficiently than the sole crops. Paper presented at Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006..

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Summary

Field pea (Pisum sativum L.) and spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L) were intercropped and sole cropped to compare the effects of crop diversity on the use of nitrogen sources in European organic crop-ping systems. Across a wide range of growing condi-tions pea-barley intercropping showed that nitrogen sources were used from 17 to 31% more efficiently by the intercrop than by the sole crops. Intercropping technologies offers the opportunity for organic cropping systems to utilize N complementarity between component crops, without compromising total crop N yield levels

Document Language:	English
Subject Areas:	Crop husbandry > Crop combinations and interactions
Research affiliation:	International Conferences > Joint Organic Congress 2006 > Theme 4: Crop systems and soils
Total budget (Euro):	0
Orgprints ID Number:	7487
Contact:	Hauggaard-Nielsen, Researcher, Dr., Cand. agro Henrik
Deposited On:	09 May 2006
EPrint Type:	Submit a paper or a poster to a conference
Published?:	Published
Type of presentation:	Paper
Peer Review Status:	Not peer-reviewed

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