The Effect of the Three-Field Crop Rotation
System and Cereal Monoculture on Grain Yield
and Quality and the Economic Efficiency
of Durum Wheat Production

Woźniak, Andrzej; Nowak, Anna; Gawęda, Dorota

doi:10.15244/pjoes/134640

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“…In general, the use of different crop rotations in our experiment generated production differences in durum wheat, highlighting the use of the legume (bean) as a pre-crop, which has been reported by several authors [3][4][5]30,32 . The incorporation of different levels of residues in our experiment had no effect on the production of durum wheat, different from papers of this and other plant species 4,[33][34] .…”

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“…The effect of bean as a pre-crop on grain yield compared to canola can be explained by the benefits of legumes on the contribution to the soil of compounds of lower molecular weight that contribute to increase the microbial biomass [25][26][27][28] , as well as for the contribution of nutrients for the following crop [29][30][31] . In the case of durum wheat, Woźniak et al 3 also reported a positive effect of including a legume in the rotation (pea crop), with a 37% increase in yield compared to rotations with only cereals.…”

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“…The production of cereals such as bread wheat, rice, corn and durum wheat is of utmost importance for the world's diet [1][2][3] . For durum wheat, quality requirements in the pasta industry have generated higher production costs 4 , therefore those production systems that allow increasing yield could contribute to a better profit 5 .…”

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“…For durum wheat, quality requirements in the pasta industry have generated higher production costs 4 , therefore those production systems that allow increasing yield could contribute to a better profit 5 . These systems include, for example, crop rotation and residues management as a source of carbon and nutrient recycling for the soil-plant system 3 . In this regard, several authors have shown that conservation practices in crop rotation management have allowed increased yields and production of residues for nutrient recycling [6][7][8] , as well as improving chemical and physical properties of the soil [9][10][11] .…”

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Durum Wheat Production and Soil Chemical Properties in Response to Three Biannual Rotation Cycles with Residue Incorporation

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Crop rotations incorporating residues generates benefits in productivity and a better efficiency of resources. However, the incorporation of residues in high quantities is not a common practice, given the lack of comprehension of farmers of the effects on the following crop. This experiment was carried out in an Andisol soil in south-central of Chile. Three biannual rotation cycles (canola-durum wheat and bean-durum wheat) with four levels of residue incorporation (0%, 50%, 100% and 200%) were evaluated on the evolution of grain yield and production of durum wheat residues, and on chemical properties of the soil at the end of the three cycles. The results indicated that pre-cultivation affected the grain yield and residue production of durum wheat, highlighting the positive effect of the bean. In soil, a higher concentration of available N and exchangeable Ca, Mg and K was obtained in the bean-durum wheat rotation, and a higher concentration of available S in the canola- durum wheat rotation. By increasing the dose of waste, an increase in the concentrations of exchangeable Ca, Mg and K was achieved. Finally, the chemical properties of the soil presented positive and negative correlations associated with the management of liming, fertilization and nutrients mostly present in the incorporated waste. This study helped to validate that the continuous incorporation of the residues produced within the rotations in this volcanic soil contributes to the improvement of some of its chemical properties with no effect of yield of the durum wheat crop.

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Spelt in Diversified and Spelt-Based Crop Rotations: Grain Yield and Technological and Nutritional Quality

Wanic,

Jastrzębska,

Kostrzewska

et al. 2024

Agriculture

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A properly designed crop rotation contributes to the equilibrium of the agro-ecosystem and the volume and quality of the yield. The cultivation of spelt in crop rotations enriches its biodiversity and provides grains with many different types of nutritional value. The aim of this current study was to investigate how the distribution of winter spelt in different positions and after different forecrops in four-field crop rotations would affect the technological quality of the grain, the nutrient content of the grain, and the grain yield. A 6-year field experiment, designed in a randomised block, was conducted from 2012 to 2018 in north-eastern Poland (53°35′47″ N, 19°51′20″ E). This study provides the results from a 6-year (2013–2018) field experiment. The spelt was cultivated in four crop rotations: CR1—winter rape + catch crop (blue tansy), spring barley, field pea and winter spelt; CR2,—winter rape, winter spelt + catch crop (blue tansy), field pea and winter spelt; CR3—winter rape + catch crop (blue tansy), field pea, winter spelt and winter spelt; and CR4—winter rape, winter spelt + catch crop (blue tansy), spring barley and winter spelt. This study evaluated grain yield and the following grain parameters: the total protein, wet gluten and starch contents, the Zeleny index, the falling number, the weight of 1000 grains, the N, P, K, Mg, Ca, Cu, Fe, Zn and Mn contents, and the grain yield. The results were assessed at the significance level p < 0.05. It was demonstrated that the cultivation of spelt in all four crop rotations after winter rape and after field pea was characterised by higher protein and wet gluten contents, Zeleny index value and falling number, a greater weight of 1000 grains, higher N, P, Fe and Zn contents, and greater grain yield than those harvested from the crop rotations CR3 and CR4 after spelt and after barley. It was demonstrated that the cultivation of spelt in crop rotations CR3 and CR4, in succession after spelt and after barley, caused deterioration in grain quality (lower protein and gluten contents, a lower Zeleny index value, a lower falling number, and a smaller weight of 1000 grains, and the N, P, Fe and Zn contents). In addition, a smaller grain yield was obtained from these crop rotation fields. Regardless of the type of crop rotation, the cultivation of spelt after winter rape and after pea produced a high yield and a good quality yield of this cereal. Due to the lower yield of grain and its lower quality, it is not recommended that winter spelt is grown after each other or after spring barley.

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Energy Crisis—Alternative Use of Winter Bread Wheat Grain Depending on Protein Content

Klikocka

Szczepaniak

2023

Agronomy

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Our economic analysis aimed to evaluate the profitability of winter bread wheat production based on two fundamental aspects. The first was the grainprotein content as a criterion for determining grain prices. The other was a comparative simulation of production profitability relying on grain production costs in 2015 and 2022. We used the results of a field experiment conducted in 2014 and 2015 involving winter bread wheat fertilised with nitrogen applied at progressive increments of 40 kg N ha−1 within arange from 0 to 240 N ha−1 with or without fungicide protection. We assumed that experimental factors significantly affected both the yield and the market value of grain, and hence the profitability conditioned by wheat prices on global markets. The working hypothesis of this paper is: wheat production profitability has not changed in the face of a global energy crisis. Our analysis shows that growing bread wheat generates profit when inputs are high: these inputs include high nitrogen rates and full crop protection. The real grain selling price guarantees production profitability. We should consider that, in the circumstances of a global energy crisis, the world should possibly switch to baking products from low-protein flour. Only upon such an assumption can the expenditure on fertilisers and fungicides be significantly reduced.

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The Effect of the Three-Field Crop Rotation System and Cereal Monoculture on Grain Yield and Quality and the Economic Efficiency of Durum Wheat Production

Cited by 3 publications

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Durum Wheat Production and Soil Chemical Properties in Response to Three Biannual Rotation Cycles with Residue Incorporation

Durum Wheat Production and Soil Chemical Properties in Response to Three Biannual Rotation Cycles with Residue Incorporation

Spelt in Diversified and Spelt-Based Crop Rotations: Grain Yield and Technological and Nutritional Quality

Energy Crisis—Alternative Use of Winter Bread Wheat Grain Depending on Protein Content

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