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Collard greens and chicory intercropping efficiency as a function of chicory (Cichorium intybus) transplant time

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REVISTA DE LA FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS
Volume 53, Issue 2, Pages 91-99

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UNIV NACIONAL CUYO, FAC CIENCIAS AGRARIAS

Keywords

Brassica oteracea L. var. acephala; Cichorium intybus; crop systems; intercropping feasibility; land use efficiency

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Delaying the transplant time of chicory resulted in increased yield of collard greens, and intercropping collard greens and chicory showed higher land use efficiency compared to monoculture.
Vegetable intercropping has advantages over single cultivation in terms of less environmental impact. However, to convince farmers to adopt this production system, it is necessary to prove greater efficiency in the production of more food per unit area and therefore an increase in productivity. An experiment was carried out aiming to evaluate the effect of the chicory transplant time in intercrops with collard greens on crop yields and land use efficiency index (LUE). The experimental design was a randomized block, with nine treatments in a 2 x 4 + 1 factorial scheme, and four replications. Crop systems (intercrop and monoculture) and chicory transplant time (0, 14, 28 and 42 days after transplant (DAT) of collard greens) were evaluated. The collard greens yield increased as the chicory transplant time was delayed. The total and per harvest yields of chicory were not influenced by its transplant time. Regardless of chicory transplant time, collard greens and chicory intercropping provided greater LUE than their monocultures and reached the maximum value (52% higher) when the chicory was transplanted 42 days after collard greens.

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