Does intercropping winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) with red fescue (Festuca rubra) as a cover crop improve agronomic and environmental performance? A modeling approach

Field Crops Research

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 218-229

  Shili Touzi, I ^a   De Tourdonnet, S ^b   Launay, M ^c   Dore, T ^b  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c French National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass; Competition; Facilitation; Light; Nitrogen; Relay intercropping; Water; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRONOMY; CASH CROPPING; COVER CROP; CROP YIELD; FACILITATION; GRASS; HARVESTING; INTERCEPTION; INTERCROPPING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEACHING; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOMASS; SOIL NITROGEN; TILLERING; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WHEAT;

FESTUCA RUBRA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77649180509     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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