Competition between spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) under different water supply conditions

Maria Wanic, Magdalena Jastrzębska, Marta K. Kostrzewska, Kinga Treder

Abstract


A pot experiment with an additive design and three series was conducted to test competition between spring barley and Italian ryegrass under different soil moisture conditions. The experimental factors were as follows: 1. type of sowing – mixed sowing and pure sowing; 2. water supply – plants supplied with water to meet their full requirements and 50% water supply reduction. The study covered five phenological development stages (BBCH) of spring barley: emergence (10–13), tillering (22–25), stem elongation (33–37), heading (52–55), and ripening (87–91). The competitive effects were evaluated based on relative yield (RY), relative yield total (RYT), competitive balance (CB), and relative efficiency index (REI). Spring barley and Italian ryegrass competed for resources throughout the growing season. Competition intensity was found to increase until the heading stage, and it decreased towards the end of the growth cycle. More intense competition was observed under reduced water supply. Spring barley dominated over Italian ryegrass from the tillering stage to the ripening stage. In mixed populations, Italian ryegrass captured the available resources more effectively than spring barley from the stem elongation stage until the end of the growing season, particularly in the treatment with optimal water supply.

Keywords


phenological development stages; relative yield; relative yield total; relative efficiency index; competitive balance index

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