Persson, Kristin
- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
By analysis of a national field polygon database, it was found that about one fourth of Sweden’s
cropland (fields >10 ha considered) is within 20 m of a field edge. In 16 observation transects
bordering forest or other fields, it was found that winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yields were
significantly smaller in field margins compared with field interiors. Effect sizes were larger along
woody vegetation; yields were about 2 t/ha smaller at 8 m from the edge compared with at 26 m from
the edge. It was concluded that field margins deserve special attention in site-specific management.
Keywords
field edge; land use; protein; thousand kernel weight; yield
Published in
Title: Precision agriculture ’25
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers
Conference
the 15th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, 2025, 29 June- 3 July, Barcelona, Spain
SLU Authors
Söderström, Mats
- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
UKÄ Subject classification
Other Agricultural Sciences not elsewhere specified
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004725232_107
- ISBN: 978-90-04-72522-5
- eISBN: 978-90-04-72523-2
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/142836