Shanmugam, Sindhuja; Hefner, Margita; Willekens, Koen; Trinchera, Alessandra; Pirjo, Kivijärvi; Koopmans, Chris; Van Apeldoorn, Dirk; Lepse, Liga; Barbry, Joran; Valero, Constantino and Lakkenborg Kristensen, Hanne (2021) Faba Bean: A Potential Intercrop In Organic Vegetable Production In A European Perspective? Paper at: Organic World Congress 2021, Science Forum: 6th ISOFAR Conference co-organised with INRA, FiBL, Agroecology Europe, TP Organics and ITAB, Rennes, France, 8 - 10 September, 2021. [Completed]
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Intercropping can provide ecological and yield benefits when selecting crops and management practices that balance the competition for resources. A field experiment was carried out under temperate conditions to study the effect of intercropping faba bean (Vicia faba L.) and pointed cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. conica) on yield and plant nitrogen (N) uptake. Both crops were grown in mono cropping (MC) and intercropping systems (IC). The yield of pointed cabbage per meter row was 28% higher under IC compared to MC. The ratio between marketable yield and total yield of pointed cabbage was also higher in IC. However, faba bean yield per meter row was reduced by 15% under IC. There was an indication of higher total N accumulation under IC followed by cabbage-MC and faba bean-MC. Soil mineral N at harvest (0-2.5 m depth) was lower in cabbage-MC, followed by IC and faba bean-MC. The intercropping system had a positive land equivalent ratio (LER) of 1.06, which points to the potential of using faba bean as an intercrop in sustainable organic vegetable production systems with higher N use efficiency. Results will be discussed in the wider perspective of several European trials on intercropping from the SureVeg-project (Strip-cropping and recycling for biodiverse and resource-efficient intensive vegetable production) and point to new knowledge for farmers wanting to implement intercropping.
| EPrint Type: | Conference paper, poster, etc. |
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| Type of presentation: | Paper |
| Keywords: | Land equivalent ratio, Nitrogen use efficiency, soil mineral nitrogen, Vicia faba L. |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English vegetable crops http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8165 English intercropping http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3910 English roots http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6651 English land equivalent ratio http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36791 |
| Subjects: | Crop husbandry > Crop combinations and interactions Soil > Nutrient turnover Crop husbandry > Production systems > Vegetables Environmental aspects |
| Research affiliation: | Belgium > Flanders > Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO) - (Merelbeke) Belgium > Flanders > INAGRO, Department for Organic Crop Production (Rumbeke) European Union > CORE Organic > CORE Organic Cofund > SUREVEG Denmark > AU - Aarhus University > Faculty of Science and Technology > Department of Food Science Denmark > Innovation Fund Denmark Spain Finland Belgium > Flanders > Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO) - (Merelbeke) > Unit Plant Sciences International Conferences > 2021: Organic World Congress, Science Forum: 6th ISOFAR Conference co-organised with INRA, FiBL, Agroecology Europe, TP Organics and ITAB > Transitioning towards organic and sustainable food system Italy Latvia > Other Organizations Latvia Netherlands |
| Deposited By: | Jakobsen, Malene |
| ID Code: | 43382 |
| Deposited On: | 19 Jan 2022 09:38 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2023 14:25 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Unpublished |
| Refereed: | Peer-reviewed and accepted |
| Additional Publishing Information: | A book of abstracts of papers of the Science Forum at the Organic World Congress 2021, September 8-10, Online and on-site in Rennes, France '6th ISOFAR Conference co-organised with INRA, FiBL, Agroecology Europe, TP Organics and ITAB' has been published |
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