Inter- and intra-species intercropping of barley cultivars and legume species, as affected by soil phosphorus availability

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 427; no. 1/2; pp. 125 - 138
• Main Authors: Darch, Tegan, Giles, Courtney D., Blackwell, Martin S. A., George, Timothy S., Brown, Lawrie K., Menezes-Blackburn, Daniel, Shand, Charles A., Stutter, Marc I., Lumsdon, David G., Mezeli, Malika M., Wendler, Renate, Zhang, Hao, Wearing, Catherine, Cooper, Patricia, Haygarth, Philip M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer 01.06.2018; Springer International Publishing; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: aboveground biomass; Accumulation; Agricultural practices; Alfalfa; Barley; Biodiversity; Biomass; biomass production; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Constraining; Cultivars; Ecology; Environmental aspects; Exudation; Hordeum vulgare; Intercropping; Legumes; Life Sciences; Medicago truncatula; Monoculture; Ornithopus sativus; Phosphorus; Plant diversity; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Plant-soil relationships; production technology; Regular; Regular Article; soil; Soil improvement; Soil phosphorus; Soil Science & Conservation; Soils; Species; species diversity; Sustainable production; Trifolium; Phosphorus availability; Barley; Phosphorus uptake; Yield; Plant diversity; Legume

Aims Intercropping can improve plant yields and soil phosphorus (P) use efficiency. This study compares inter- and intra-species intercropping, and determines whether P uptake and shoot biomass accumulation in intercrops are affected by soil P availability. Methods Four barley cultivars (Hordeum vul...