Yield advantage and carbon footprint of oat/sunflower relay strip intercropping depending on nitrogen fertilization

Qian, Xiaoqing; Zhou, Jie; Luo, Bolun; Dai, Hongcui; Hu, Yuegao; Ren, Changzhong; Peixoto, Leanne; Guo, Liying; Guo, Hongwei; Zamanian, Kazem; Zhao, Baoping; Zang, Huadong; Zeng, Zhaohai

doi:10.1007/s11104-022-05661-5

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“…Increasing food output per unit of land area is important to ensure food security by optimizing the planting system 1 . Intercropping based on the principle of biodiversity is an important way to ensure a stable and high grain yield 2 . Intercropping involves planting two or more types of crops at the same time in the same space 3 .…”

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“…1 Intercropping based on the principle of biodiversity is an important way to ensure a stable and high grain yield. 2 Intercropping involves planting two or more types of crops at the same time in the same space. 3 Intercropping is the rational allocation of crops with various spatial niches in the same season to achieve complementarity of time or space in the utilization of resources; it helps to form an efficient plant community that can make full use of all types of natural resources.…”

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Changes in canopy microclimate of faba bean under intercropping at controlled nitrogen levels and their correlation with crop yield

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Background The relationship between the microclimate of the intercropping faba bean canopy and yield, and its response to nitrogen application, was studied in the crop canopy to clarify that intercropping and nitrogen application changed the microclimate of the faba bean canopy and affected the yield. Results In field experiments in Eshan and Xundian, the growth index, light transmittance, interception rate of photosynthetic effective radiation, temperature, relative humidity, and yield of the faba bean were determined using three planting methods (wheat monoculture, faba bean monoculture, and wheat‐faba bean intercropping) and four nitrogen application levels, N0 (0 kg/hm2), N1 (45 kg/hm2), N2 (90 kg/hm2), and N3 (180 kg/hm2). The results showed that the application of nitrogen improved the growth index of monoculture and intercropping broad beans significantly, reduced the canopy light transmittance and temperature significantly, and increased the interception rate and relative humidity of photosynthetic effective radiation significantly. Compared with N0, the yield of broad bean in both places was the highest in N1, which increased by 14% (Eshan) and 15% (Xundian). Conclusion Multiple linear stepwise regression and path analysis showed that the decrease in canopy light transmittance during the faba bean pod‐setting stage and the interception rate of photosynthetic effective radiation during pod‐bulging stage, caused by excessive nitrogen application, were the main climatic and ecological factors limiting the increase in the intercropping faba bean yield in Eshan and Xundian respectively. The optimum nitrogen application rate recommended in production is 45 kg/hm2, to reduce the nitrogen application rate and maximize the productivity of the wheat and faba bean system. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.

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Changes in canopy microclimate of faba bean under intercropping at controlled nitrogen levels and their correlation with crop yield

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“…CF has frequently been used as an index to assess GHG output from different planting systems over time that is used in life cycle assessment (LCA) research focused on low-carbon agriculture [22,23]. CF has also been employed to quantify GHG output from intercropping systems including maize/soybean intercropping in the North China Plain [17], perennial grass/forage legume intercropping [24], oat/sunflower intercropping [25], and integrated farming with intercropping [26]. These analyses have provided a basis for global efforts to design agricultural systems with a smaller CF.…”

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Maize/Peanut Intercropping Reduces Carbon Footprint Size and Improves Net Ecosystem Economic Benefits in the Huang-Huai-Hai Region: A Four-Year Study

Yan,

Wang,

Liu

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The dual challenges of global climate change and reductions in the amount of arable land represent growing threats to the stability of global human populations. Efforts to further optimize cropping systems to maximize yields while minimizing greenhouse gas emissions in limited land areas have thus emerged as a focus in modern agriculture. Cereal-intercropping management strategies may represent a promising approach to simultaneously addressing both of these challenges in China. We aimed at comprehensively assessing changes in yield, carbon footprint, and net ecosystem economic benefit when transitioning from maize/peanut monoculture to intercropping in a field-scale study in an effort to aid in the development of low-carbon intercropping systems that do not have an adverse impact on Chinese grain yields. Beginning in June of 2018, a randomized complete block design with three treatments was used to initiate this study: (1) peanut monoculture (P), (2) maize monoculture (M), and (3) maize/peanut intercropping (MP). We compared yield, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon footprint and net ecosystem economic benefit. Results over four years showed that the land equivalent ratio associated with MP was greater than 1. All three of these cropping systems were net CO2 and N2O sources as well as net CH4 sinks, with MP generating significantly (p < 0.05) lower N2O and CO2 flux as well as smaller seasonal N2O and CO2 emissions relative to M. MP additionally reduced the carbon footprint associated with this cropping system by 11.11–31.65% and 30.37–43.62% relative to M and P, respectively. Consistently, MP treatment resulted in respective 70.69% and 26.25% net ecosystem economic benefit (NEEB) increases relative to the M and P conditions while simultaneously enhancing energy use efficiency. In summary, MP systems have potential economic benefit with lower environmental risk alternative to traditional peanut or maize monocropping systems. Converting from peanut or maize monocropping systems to MP systems practices contributed to improved farmland use efficiency, clean production and increased farmers’ income in an agricultural system.

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Kenaf and soybean intercropping affects morpho-physiological attributes, antioxidant capacity and copper uptake in contaminated soil

Rehman,

Pan,

Luo

et al. 2023

Plant Soil

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Yield advantage and carbon footprint of oat/sunflower relay strip intercropping depending on nitrogen fertilization

Cited by 7 publications

References 49 publications

Changes in canopy microclimate of faba bean under intercropping at controlled nitrogen levels and their correlation with crop yield

Changes in canopy microclimate of faba bean under intercropping at controlled nitrogen levels and their correlation with crop yield

Maize/Peanut Intercropping Reduces Carbon Footprint Size and Improves Net Ecosystem Economic Benefits in the Huang-Huai-Hai Region: A Four-Year Study

Kenaf and soybean intercropping affects morpho-physiological attributes, antioxidant capacity and copper uptake in contaminated soil

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