Early interspecific interference in the wheat/faba bean (Triticum aestivum/ Vicia faba ssp. minor) and rapeseed/squarrosum clover (Brassica napus var. oleifera/Trifolium squarrosum) intercrops

• Published in: Italian journal of agronomy Vol. 7; no. 2
• Main Authors: Benincasa, Paolo, Pace, Roberta, Tosti, Giacomo, Tei, Francesco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Limited 01.05.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Beans; Brassica; Brassica napus; Broad beans; competition; Cultivation; Developmental stages; Dominant species; Dry matter; facilitation; Farm buildings; Farms; Germination; initial growth; Interference; Interspecific; Rape plants; Rapeseed; root; Substrates; Temperature requirements; Trifolium; Triticum aestivum; Vicia faba; Water requirements; Wheat

Most of research on intercrops evaluate performances and interference between species on the basis of final yield, while little knowledge is available on the interference in early stages and at the root level, at least for cultivated intercrops. In fact, in the few studies on this subject species ar...