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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIGHT BENEATH WHEAT CROPS AND GROWTH OF UNDERSOWN CLOVER
Author(s) -
Santhirasegaram K.,
Black J. N.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
grass and forage science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1365-2494
pISSN - 0142-5242
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1968.tb00580.x
Subject(s) - agronomy , yield (engineering) , row , competition (biology) , winter wheat , biology , materials science , database , computer science , ecology , metallurgy
In two experiments the growth of clover undersown to wheat was linearly related to the amount of light available. There were strong indications that clover growth and light within N.‐S. rows were superior to those within E.‐W. rows of wheat, and within N.‐S. rows, those along the middle position were superior to others. The large difference between the growth of clover sown alone and with wheat indicated that beneath wheat the clover suffered from competition for other factors, probably soil moisture, which was even greater than that for light. Beneath wheat at the reduced level of growth there was a positive linear relationship between yield of clover and available light.