小麦/大豆间作中作物种间的竞争作用和促进作用

春小麦／春大豆间作是西北一熟制灌区广泛采用的高产种植形式．本文采用田间小区和微区根系分隔试验研究了这种种植形式作物种间的竞争作用和促进作用．结果表明,小麦／大豆间作具有明显的间作优势．土地当量比为１．２３～１．２６．小麦为优势种,竞争力强于大豆,具有明显的间作边行优势．小麦边行优势的１／３贡献来自于地下部．小麦收获后,大豆生长具有恢复作用,认为这种恢复作用是间作优势的机制之一．间作相对于单作两种作物的收获指数均有显著提高．收获指数的种间促进作用是间作优势的另一机制．     

Interspecific complementary and competitive interactions between intercropped maize and faba bean

Interspecific complementary and competitive interactions between maize (Zea mays L. cv. Zhongdan No. 2) and faba bean (Vicia faba L. cv. Linxia Dacaidou) in maize/faba bean intercropping systems were assessed in two field experiments in Gansu province, northwestern China, plus a microplot experiment in one treatment of one of the field experiments in which root system partitions were used to determine interspecific root interactions. Intercropping effects were detected, with land equivalent ratio values of 1.21–1.23 based on total (grain+straw) yield and 1.13–1.34 based on grain yield. When two rows of maize were intercropped with two rows of faba bean, both total yield and grain yield of both crop species were significantly higher than those of sole maize and faba bean on an equivalent area basis. When two rows of pea (Pisum sativum L. cv. Beijing No. 5) were intercropped with two rows of faba bean, neither total yield nor grain yield of faba bean was higher than of sole faba bean on an equivalent area basis. Interspecific competition between maize and faba bean was relatively weak, with mean relative crowding coefficients of 0.99–1.02 for maize and 1.55–1.59 for faba bean. The microplot experiment in which partitions were placed between root systems showed a significant positive yield effect on maize when the root systems intermingled freely (no partition) or partly (400 mesh nylon net partition) compared with no interspecific root interaction (plastic sheet partition). This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.