Field scale functional agrobiodiversity in organic wheat: Effects on weed reduction, disease susceptibility and yield

By rest-user, 18 October, 2023
Authors
Costanzo A., Bàrberi P.
Year
2016
DOI
10.1016/j.eja.2016.01.012
URL
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84977627066&doi=10.1016%2fj.eja.2016.01.012&partnerID=40&md5=bcf8a2b4f2e2177f981825680ca69abc
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Description of Tested Tactic
Seven wheat cultivars were tested and the presence or absence of a legume living mulch was addressed as a second experimental factor.
In a three-year field trial in Central Italy were compared common wheat Italian and Hungarian pure lines, Italian old cultivars and Hungarian and British Composite Cross Populations (CCPs), grown with or without a contemporarily sown Subterranean clover living mulch.
Description of Reference System
The pure lines were (i) Bolero (BLR), an Italian pure line widely used in organic farming, here employed as a local control treatment; (ii) Mv Emese (EMS), a Hungarian pure line employed as a common control treatment against local control varieties
Control treatment without cover crop
Reference System Type
HERBICIDE-BASED
UNTREATED
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