Yield performance and land-use efficiency of barley and faba bean mixed cropping in Ethiopian highlands

Agegnehu, Getachew; Ghizaw, Amare; Sinebo, Woldeyesus

doi:10.1016/j.eja.2006.05.002

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“…In both cropping seasons (Fig. 2), cereal grain yields were on average higher for sole crops than in the additive (+0.61 and + 0.65 t ha In contrast, pea was highly affected by the intercrop design as also reported by Agegnehu et al (2006). For all the intercrops, on average, pea grain and straw yields were higher in replacement than in the additive design (+0.15 and + 0.13 t ha With regard to the total grain yield of the intercrop, significant differences between the two intercrop designs were observed for all intercrops and during both cropping seasons.…”

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Cereal-pea intercrops to improve sustainability in bioethanol production

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Pristeri

et al. 2015

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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The environmental performance of secondgeneration biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass, such as crop residues, is foreseen to be superior to that of first-generation biofuels such as maize bioethanol. Moreover, using a legume as an intercrop can reduce costly N fertilizers inputs and can increase the N content of the straw mixture. Therefore, we studied cereal-legume intercrops as a source of food grain and straw bioethanol. We grew field pea and four cultivars of durum wheat, triticale, oat, and barley. Crops were grown during 2 years as a sole crop, in additive intercrop with 100 % of the sole crop density for the cereal and 50 % of sole crop density for the legume, and in replacement intercrop with 50 % of the sole crop density for each crop. Tall cereal cultivars were preferred over shorter cereals for an extra production of straw. Results show that growth resources were used up to 23-26 % more efficiently in intercrop than in sole crop for grain and straw production. Tall cereal cultivars suppressed legume yields in intercrops, thus reducing potential intercrop advantages. Pea in intercrop increased straw mixture N by 54 % the first year and by 91 % the second year, versus cereal alone.

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Cereal-pea intercrops to improve sustainability in bioethanol production

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Romeo

Pristeri

et al. 2015

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“…Intercropping of cereals with legumes has been popular in tropics [10] [11] and rain-fed areas of the world [12] [13] [14] [15] due to its advantages for soil conservation [16], weed control [17] [18], lodging resistance, yield increase [16] [ 19], and legume root parasite infections control [20].…”

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Evaluation of Yield and Competition Indices for Intercropped Eight Maize Varieties, Soybean and Cowpea in the Zone of Savanna of South-West RD Congo

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Mbuya³

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“…Soil health can be improved by reducing the uptake of nutrients with increased sustainability of productivity (Hugar and Palled, 2008). Large numbers of field studies have been undertaken to compare the monetary advantages of the sole crop yield when grown along with other crops in the system (Banik et al, 2000;Ghosh, 2004;Chalka and Nepalia, 2006;Agegnehu et al, 2006). Improper spatial arrangement in intercropping not only reduces the yield components but also induces a high degree of rolling topography (Choudhary et al, 2012b).…”

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