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COMPETITIVE ABILITY OF WINTER CEREAL–COMMON VETCH INTERCROPS AGAINST STERILE OAT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

I. VASILAKOGLOU ,
K. DHIMA ,
A. LITHOURGIDIS  and
I. ELEFTHEROHORINOS
I. VASILAKOGLOU*
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Production, Technological and Educational Institute of Larissa, 411 10 Larissa, Greece
K. DHIMA
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Production, Technological and Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, 541 01 Echedoros, Greece
A. LITHOURGIDIS
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Aristotle University Farm of Thessaloniki, 570 01 Thermi, Greece
I. ELEFTHEROHORINOS
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Agronomy, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece
*
†Corresponding author: vasilakoglou@teilar.gr
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Summary

Intercropping cereals with legumes for forage or food production is extensively used as a cropping practice in many parts of the world. A 2-year field study was conducted using common vetch (Vicia sativa), winter wheat (Triticum aestivum), triticale (× Triticosecale), barley (Hordeum vulgare) and oat (Avena sativa) sole crops as well as common vetch intercrops with each of these cereals in a 35:65 cereal:common vetch ratio based on seed numbers, to determine their ability to compete with sterile oat (Avena sterilis spp. sterilis). At nine weeks after planting, fewer sterile oat plants emerged in common vetch sole crop than in cereal sole crops. Intercropping of cereals with common vetch generally did not affect sterile oat stem number and biomass compared with cereal sole crops. At harvest, cereal sole crops provided greater total dry biomass (DB) than the common vetch sole crop. However, triticale and oat produced more DB than winter wheat and barley. In most cases intercropping reduced total DB compared with cereal sole crops. The results of this study indicated that intercropping of the four winter cereals with common vetch did not provide any significant competitive advantage against sterile oat. However, common vetch sole crop showed the greatest suppressive ability against sterile oat among the sole crops or intercrops studied.

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Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , October 2008 , pp. 509 - 520
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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