Larger yields of mixtures than monocultures of cultivated grassland species match with asynchrony in shoot growth among species but not with increased light interception

Field Crops Research

Volumn 194, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-11

  Husse, Sébastien ^a,b   Huguenin Elie, Olivier ^a   Buchmann, Nina ^b   Lüscher, Andreas ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Light transmittance; Multi species leys; Overyielding; Spatiotemporal complementarity

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOLIAGE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT INTENSITY; MONOCULTURE; OPTIMIZATION; REGROWTH; SEASONALITY; SHOOT GROWTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONY; TRANSMITTANCE; YIELD RESPONSE;

CICHORIUM INTYBUS; LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 84969915651     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2016.04.021     Document Type: Article

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