Higher yield and fewer weeds in grass/legume mixtures than in monocultures - 12 sites of COST Action 852

M. T. Sebastia; A. Luscher; John  Connolly; Rosemary P. Collins; Ignacio Delgado; A. De Vliegher; Phil R. Evans; Mick Fothergill; Bodil E. Frankow-Lindberg; Áslaug Helgadóttir; C. Iliadis; Marit Jørgensen; Z. Kadžiuliene; O. Nissinen; D. Nyfeler; Claudio Porqueddu

Higher yield and fewer weeds in grass/legume mixtures than in monocultures - 12 sites of COST Action 852

M. T. Sebastia, A. Luscher, John Connolly, Rosemary P. Collins, Ignacio Delgado, A. De Vliegher, Phil R. Evans, Mick Fothergill, Bodil E. Frankow-Lindberg, Áslaug Helgadóttir, C. Iliadis, Marit Jørgensen, Z. Kadžiuliene, O. Nissinen, D. Nyfeler, Claudio Porqueddu

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A common experiment was established in 39 sites in Europe, Australia and Canada within Working Group 2 of COST action 852 to 1) assess the benefits of grass / legume mixtures over monocultures, 2) test their stability and 3) evaluate the consistency of the observed patterns over broad environmental gradients. Results of the first harvest from 12 sites covering a North-South gradient from Iceland to Spain suggest that mixing grasses and legumes enhances productivity and increases the stability of the sward by reducing weed invasion. Mixing fast- and slow-growing grasses was found to provide yield benefits in a few
sites, but mixing fast- and slow-growing legumes did not produce any effect. Effects of fast- and slow-growing species are expected to become more important over time, when succession of the species may increase the stability of the mixtures. The emerging patterns were quite consistent and, due to the large environmental gradient taken into account in this study, they are considered to be reliable

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Land Use Sytems in Grassland Dominated Regions
Editors	A. Lüscher, B. Jeangros, W. Kessler, O. Huguenin, M. Lobsiger, N. Millar, D. Suter
Publisher	European Grassland Federation
Pages	483-485
Number of pages	3
Volume	9
ISBN (Print)	3-7281-2940-2
Publication status	Published - 2004
Event	Proceedings of the 20th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation - Luzern, Switzerland Duration: 21 Jun 2004 → 24 Jun 2004

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Name	Grassland Science in Europe

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Conference	Proceedings of the 20th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation
Country/Territory	Switzerland
Period	21 Jun 2004 → 24 Jun 2004

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grass/legume mixtures
forage yield
sowing density
stability
establishment
environmental gradient

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Sebastia, M. T., Luscher, A., Connolly, J., Collins, R. P., Delgado, I., De Vliegher, A., Evans, P. R., Fothergill, M., Frankow-Lindberg, B. E., Helgadóttir, Á., Iliadis, C., Jørgensen, M., Kadžiuliene, Z., Nissinen, O., Nyfeler, D., & Porqueddu, C. (2004). Higher yield and fewer weeds in grass/legume mixtures than in monocultures - 12 sites of COST Action 852. In A. Lüscher, B. Jeangros, W. Kessler, O. Huguenin, M. Lobsiger, N. Millar, & D. Suter (Eds.), Land Use Sytems in Grassland Dominated Regions (Vol. 9, pp. 483-485). (Grassland Science in Europe). European Grassland Federation. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/3648

Sebastia, M. T. ; Luscher, A. ; Connolly, John et al. / Higher yield and fewer weeds in grass/legume mixtures than in monocultures - 12 sites of COST Action 852. Land Use Sytems in Grassland Dominated Regions. editor / A. Lüscher ; B. Jeangros ; W. Kessler ; O. Huguenin ; M. Lobsiger ; N. Millar ; D. Suter. Vol. 9 European Grassland Federation, 2004. pp. 483-485 (Grassland Science in Europe).

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Higher yield and fewer weeds in grass/legume mixtures than in monocultures - 12 sites of COST Action 852. / Sebastia, M. T.; Luscher, A.; Connolly, John et al.
Land Use Sytems in Grassland Dominated Regions. ed. / A. Lüscher; B. Jeangros; W. Kessler; O. Huguenin; M. Lobsiger; N. Millar; D. Suter. Vol. 9 European Grassland Federation, 2004. p. 483-485 (Grassland Science in Europe).

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