relation: https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/57836/
title: Cereal-legume intercropping: how cultivar, environment, and management shape performance - IntercropVALUES Practice Abstract
creator: Dordas, Christos
creator: Weedon, Odette
creator: Carlsson, Georg
creator: Paut, Raphaël
creator: Pecetti, Luciano
subject:  Crop combinations and interactions
subject:  Cereals, pulses and oilseeds
description: G*G*E*M interactions indicate that genotype suitability is highly environment- and management-specific, demanding integrated breeding and agronomic approaches. Disentangling these interactions provides a framework for designing resilient and productive intercrops tailored to local agroecological conditions, con-tributing to more sustainable cropping systems.     Practical recommendations  Considerations for cultivar choice:  o Cereal and legume cultivars for intercropping systems should be carefully selected to maximise complementarity and cooperation, while reducing competition to optimise intercrop performance  o Cultivar selection criteria may include many traits, such as species growth synchronisation, espe-cially at maturity, abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, growth habit, cultivar vigour, lodging re-sistance, and other morphological aspects such as leaf size and plant and root architecture  o Crop cultivars can be highly plastic in their response and can adapt to their growing environments  o Differential sowing densities of the two crop species will affect crop interactions and individual crop species performance    Recommendations:  o Farmers should test several cultivar mixtures and sowing densities under their own conditions, while considering experiences and recommendations from other farmers and external advisors  o Integrated breeding approaches for cultivars better suited for intercropping should be encouraged and supported through research and policy.
date: 2026
type: Practice tool
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: /id/eprint/57836/1/IntercropVALUES%20PA29%20WP2%20Cultivar%2C%20environment%2C%20management.pdf
format: image/png
language: en
identifier: /id/eprint/57836/7/intercopping.png
identifier:          {Tool}   Cereal-legume intercropping: how cultivar, environment, and management shape performance - IntercropVALUES Practice Abstract.          Creator(s): Dordas, Christos; Weedon, Odette; Carlsson, Georg; Paut, Raphaël and Pecetti, Luciano.  Issuing Organisation(s): IFOAM Organics Europe.  (2026)