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A review of intercropping systems in western Canada over the last 40 years shows that intercropping has a critical role to play in a more sustainable agriculture that optimizes producers' profit. The review found that over 60% of small plot combinations were pulse-oilseed combinations and...
A diversified organic cropping system including legume intercrops resulted in some of the highest grain yield and biomass of the subsequent sole durum wheat crop in the semiarid region of the Canadian Prairies. Legume intercropping can be part of a diversified organic cropping system, providing...
A seeding rate of 50% chickpea and 50% flax resulted in maximum combined yield and land productivity, and reduced Ascochyta blight disease severity by 50 to 67% compared to monocrop chickpea, but flax competed with chickpea and reduced chickpea yield. Ascochyta blight, caused by Ascochyta rabiei,...
