Above- and below-ground competition between barley, wheat, lupin and vetch in a cereal and legume intercropping system

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 401-412

  Mariotti, M ^a   Masoni, A ^a   Ercoli, L ^b   Arduini, I ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Agronomia e Gestione dell'Agroecosistema   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Above ground competition; Barley; Below ground competition; Common vetch; Durum wheat; White lupin

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; FORAGE; GROWTH RATE; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN; WHEAT;

HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM; VICIA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 73149087673     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2009.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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