Impact of reduced light intensity on wheat yield and quality: Implications for agroforestry systems

• Published in: Agroforestry systems Vol. 95; no. 8; pp. 1689 - 1701
• Main Authors: Jia, Jiyu, Xu, Meng, Bei, Shuikuan, Zhang, Hongzhi, Xiao, Li, Gao, Yonghong, Zhang, Yongqiang, Sai, Lihan, Xue, Lihua, Lei, Junjie, Qiao, Xu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Agriculture; Agroforestry; artificial shade; Biomedical and Life Sciences; China; Crop yield; florets; flowering; Foliage; Forestry; Gluten; Grain; grain quality; grain yield; Juglans regia; Leaves; Life Sciences; Light; Light intensity; Luminous intensity; Natural resources; nitrogen; Photosynthesis; Polyethylene; Polyethylenes; Resource utilization; Shade; Shading; Solar radiation; Trees; Triticum aestivum; Understory; Walnuts; Weight reduction; Wheat; China; Light intensity; Shading period; Grain quality; Grain yield; Heterogeneous spatio-temporal light patterns; Agroforestry

In China, agroforestry is a traditional practice that diversifies agricultural production and enhances natural resource utilization; however, it create competition for light between trees and understory crops due to heterogeneous spatio-temporal light patterns, and can lead to systemic reductions in...