Investigating mixed cropping systems with pea and lentils for climate-smart and demand oriented agriculture (original) (raw)
Vonzun, Seraina; Blatter, Anna; Wuest, Samuel; Hiltbrunner, Jürg and Messmer, Monika (2023) Investigating mixed cropping systems with pea and lentils for climate-smart and demand oriented agriculture. In:Fourth International Legume Society Conference 2023 – ILS4. Book of Abstract. 19.-22.9.2023, Granada, Spain, pp. 50-51.
Due to their nutritional values and their ability to improve soil fertility peas (Pisum sativum L.) and lentils (Lens culinaris Medik.) are significant contributors to a sustainable transformation of the agricultural system. However, their cultivation in pure stands carries risks of low yield or total yield losses due to lodging, poor weed competition and emerging diseases. With the project PROMISE we want to promote the cultivation of pea and lentil by optimising the two mixed cropping systems: Pea & Barley and Lentil & Pea.