TY  - CONF
ID  - orgprints7487
UR  - http://orgprints.org/7487/
A1  - Hauggaard-Nielsen, Henrik
A1  - Ambus, Per
A1  - Brisson, Nadine
A1  - Crozat, Yves
A1  - Dahlmann, Christoph
A1  - Dibet, Audrey
A1  - von Fragstein und Niemsdorff, Peter
A1  - Gooding, Mike
A1  - Kasyanova, Elena
A1  - Launay, Marie
A1  - Monti, Michele
A1  - Pristeri, Aurelio
A1  - Steen Jensen, Erik
TI  - Pea-barley intercrops use nitrogen sources 20-30% more efficiently than the sole crops
Y1  - 2006///
N2  - 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
AV  - public
ER  -