Plant density affects light interception and yield in cotton grown as companion crop in young jujube plantations

D. Zhang; L. Zhang; Jianguo Liu; S. Han; Q. Wang; J.B. Evers; Jun Liu; W. van der Werf; L. Li

doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2014.09.001

Plant density affects light interception and yield in cotton grown as companion crop in young jujube plantations

D. Zhang, L. Zhang, Jianguo Liu, S. Han, Q. Wang, J.B. Evers, Jun Liu, W. van der Werf, L. Li

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Tree-crop mixturesmayincreaseyieldandrevenueespeciallyduringtheearlyyearsoftreeplantations. Jujube isgrownwidelyinChinafortheirfruits,andcottonisgainingpopularityasanunderstorycropin young jujubeplantations.Thereisaneedforinformationonproductivityandoptimalplantingdensities of cottoninthesemixedsystems.Fieldexperimentswerecarriedoutin2012and2013inHetian,Xinjiang, China. Threecottonplantdensities(13.5,18.0and22.5plantsm-2) weretestedin6–7yearsoldjujube plantations, inwhichthecottonwasgrownina6m-widespacebetweenthetreerows.Cottonleafarea index increasedbutplantheightdecreasedwithplantdensity.Cottonlightinterceptionincreasedwith density, butatearlyandmid-season,thedifferenceinlightinterceptionbetween18.0and22.5plantsm-2 was onlymarginal.Increasingplantdensitymodifiedthedistributionpatternofthelightwithinthe canopy, thusaffectedoverallcottonlightinterceptionanduseefficiency.Thehighestyieldandlight use efficiencyofcottonwereachievedat18.0plantsm-2. Spatialdistributionsoflightintensitiesand extinction coefficientswereaffectedbytheshadingofjujubetreeswithinthecottoncanopyinthe intercrop. Jujubegrowth,yieldandlightutilizationwerenotsignificantlyaffectedbycottonplantdensity. We concludethattheproductivityandlightutilizationofcottoninjujube-cottonintercroppingcanbe increased byoptimizingcottonplantdensity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	132-139
Journal	Field Crops Research
Volume	169
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2014.09.001
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

radiation-use efficiency
agroforestry systems
relay intercrops
leaf senescence
photosynthesis
competition
components
sunflower
genotypes
nitrogen

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Plant density affects light interception and yield in cotton grown as companion crop in young jujube plantations

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