Merker, Arnulf
- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
The potential new oil crop Lepidium campestre (field cress) was undersown with long and short row distances in spring barley in three-year trials with eight replications. Plots with no undersowing were used as controls. The purpose was to assess the effect on barley-grain yield of the oil crop and its seed-yield potential. In the plots without undersowing, with long and short row distance of undersown L. campestre the barley-grain yields in the three years were, on average, 5069, 5130, and 5330 kg/ha, respectively. The trials showed a statistically significant positive effect on barley yield of undersowing with short row distance. The average seed yields of L. campestre in the following years were 4697 and 5000 kg/ha for plots with long and short row distance, respectively. The results are positive in relation to possibilities to domesticate this species as a new undersown oil crop for an energy-saving and environmentally friendly cropping system.
Keywords
Cereal; cropping system; field cress; interaction; oil crop; undersowing; yield
Published in
Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Soil and Plant Science
2009, volume: 60, number: 3, pages: 1-5
Publisher: Taylor & Francis: STM, Behavioural Science and Public Health Titles
SLU Authors
Eriksson, Dennis
- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Bertholdsson, Nils-Ove
- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09064710902903747
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/27619