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

Authors

  • Tancredo José Carlos Universidade Licungo. Estrada Regional número 642. Câmpus de Murropué. R.c. C. P. 106. Quelimane. Moçambique
  • Arthur Bernardes Cecílio Filho Universidade Estadual Paulista. Câmpus de Jaboticabal. Via de acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane. s/n 14884-900. Jaboticabal. São Paulo. Brasil
  • Danilo dos Reis Cardoso Passos Universidade Estadual Paulista. Câmpus de Jaboticabal. Via de acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane. s/n 14884-900. Jaboticabal. São Paulo. Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4585-5526
  • Isaias dos Santos Reis Universidade Estadual Paulista. Câmpus de Jaboticabal. Via de acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane. s/n 14884-900. Jaboticabal. São Paulo. Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6381-6053

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.39.043

Keywords:

Brassica oleracea L. var. acephala, Cichorium intybus, crop systems, intercropping feasibility, land use efficiency

Abstract

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 × 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.

Highlights:

  • The collard green yield increased by 11 kg ha-1 for each day of delay in the chicory transplant (0 to 42 days).
  • The total and per harvest chicory yields were not influenced by its transplant time in relation to collard green transplant.
  • The collard green and chicory intercropping provided 52% higher land use efficiency than their monocultures when the chicory was transplanted 42 days after collard green.

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Published

01-12-2021

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Ecophysiology and crop management