Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)/maize (Zea mays L.) intercropping provides a feasible way to improve yield and economic incomes in farming and pastoral areas of northeast China.
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)/maize (Zea mays L.) intercropping provides a feasible way to improve yield and economic incomes in farming and pastoral areas of northeast China.
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苜蓿(Medicago sativa L.)/玉米(Zea mays L.)间作为东北农牧区提高产量和经济收入提供了可行途径
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0110556
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发表时间:
2014
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Liu Y
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文献类型:
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作者:
Sun B;Peng Y;Yang H;Li Z;Gao Y;Wang C;Yan Y;Liu Y
Given the growing challenges to food and eco-environmental security as well as sustainable development of animal husbandry in the farming and pastoral areas of northeast China, it is crucial to identify advantageous intercropping modes and some constraints limiting its popularization. In order to assess the performance of various intercropping modes of maize and alfalfa, a field experiment was conducted in a completely randomized block design with five treatments: maize monoculture in even rows, maize monoculture in alternating wide and narrow rows, alfalfa monoculture, maize intercropped with one row of alfalfa in wide rows and maize intercropped with two rows of alfalfa in wide rows. Results demonstrate that maize monoculture in alternating wide and narrow rows performed best for light transmission, grain yield and output value, compared to in even rows. When intercropped, maize intercropped with one row of alfalfa in wide rows was identified as the optimal strategy and the largely complementary ecological niches of alfalfa and maize were shown to account for the intercropping advantages, optimizing resource utilization and improving yield and economic incomes. These findings suggest that alfalfa/maize intercropping has obvious advantages over monoculture and is applicable to the farming and pastoral areas of northeast China.
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影响因子:
6.7
作者:
Jensen, JR;Bernhard, RH;Nordbo, E
通讯作者:
Nordbo, E
影响因子:
5.8
作者:
Hauggaard-Nielsen, H;Ambus, P;Jensen, ES
通讯作者:
Jensen, ES
影响因子:
5.8
作者:
Li, L;Sun, JH;Rengel, Z
通讯作者:
Rengel, Z
影响因子:
2.1
作者:
Lesoing, GW;Francis, CA
通讯作者:
Francis, CA
影响因子:
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作者:
Guldan, SJ;May, T;Steiner, RL
通讯作者:
Steiner, RL