A comparison of commonly used indices for evaluating species interactions and intercrop efficiency: Application to durum wheat-winter pea intercrops

Field Crops Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-36

  Bedoussac, Laurent ^a   Justes, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Aggressivity; Complementary resource use; Grain yield; Interspecific interaction; Intraspecific interaction; Land equivalent ratio (LER); Nitrogen accumulated

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; AGGRESSION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CEREAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELDWORK; GROWTH RATE; INTERCROPPING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEGUME; NITROGEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE USE; SOWING; WHEAT;

FRANCE;

PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 79961128457     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.05.025     Document Type: Article

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