Wheat cultivar mixtures enhance the delivery of agroecosystem services compared to monocultures under contrasted tillage intensities and fertilization

Wheat cultivar mixtures provide a more complex and functional cropping system than monocultures. Their functionality mayresult in the delivery of agroecosystem services. However, research on cultivar mixture performance has mainly been donein controlled environments. Greenhouses and laboratory exper...

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Autores: Tous Fandos, Alba, Bragg, Daniel, Blanco Moreno, José Manuel, Chamorro Lorenzo, Lourdes, Sans, Xavier (Sans i Serra)
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Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Fertilitat del sòl
Afídids
Blat
Soil fertility
Aphididae
Wheat
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spelling Wheat cultivar mixtures enhance the delivery of agroecosystem services compared to monocultures under contrasted tillage intensities and fertilizationTous Fandos, AlbaBragg, DanielBlanco Moreno, José ManuelChamorro Lorenzo, LourdesSans, Xavier (Sans i Serra)Fertilitat del sòlAfídidsBlatSoil fertilityAphididaeWheatWheat cultivar mixtures provide a more complex and functional cropping system than monocultures. Their functionality mayresult in the delivery of agroecosystem services. However, research on cultivar mixture performance has mainly been donein controlled environments. Greenhouses and laboratory experiments do not account for environmental or agronomic factorsthat may influence the polyculture’s functionality. To fill this research gap, we set up a novel strip-split-block experimentaldesign with three factors (wheat treatment, tillage, and fertilization) in a field long-term trial. We assessed the performanceof the modern wheat cultivar Florence-Aurora and the traditional cultivars Xeixa (Triticum aestivum L. subsp. aestivum)and Forment (Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum) monocultures and their mixture in providing aphid and weed controland promoting crop yield under contrasting tillage practices (moldboard ploughing vs. chisel ploughing) and fertilization(farmyard manure applied or not applied). We analyzed aphid abundance, number of aphids per tiller, parasitism rate, weedabundance and richness, and crop yield. Additionally, we examined wheat establishment, cover, phenology, and heightfor cultivar characterization. We observed that soil management practices affected some aspects of the cropping system.The wheat cultivars differed in their aphid susceptibility and weed suppression ability, with Florence-Aurora being lesssuppressant to weeds and more prone to aphid infestation. Most remarkably, our study shows for the first time that mixingwheat cultivars with distinguished traits enhances associational resistance for aphid and weed control. These benefits werespecifically important under high weed infestations generated by reduced tillage. Moreover, the yield of Florence-Auroramonoculture and the mixture was found to be influenced by tillage and fertilization. Our study underscores how soil managementpractices impact the functionality of cultivar mixtures. This emphasizes the need for further field research to betterunderstand the complexity of farming conditions that influence the delivery of agroecosystem services by cultivar mixtures.Springer Verlag2026202620252026info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion13 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/226689Articles publicats en revistes (Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00996-yAgronomy for Sustainable Development, 2025, vol. 45, num.1, p. 1-13https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00996-ycc-by (c) Tous Fandos, Alba et al., 2025http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2266892026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Wheat cultivar mixtures enhance the delivery of agroecosystem services compared to monocultures under contrasted tillage intensities and fertilization
title Wheat cultivar mixtures enhance the delivery of agroecosystem services compared to monocultures under contrasted tillage intensities and fertilization
spellingShingle Wheat cultivar mixtures enhance the delivery of agroecosystem services compared to monocultures under contrasted tillage intensities and fertilization
Tous Fandos, Alba
Fertilitat del sòl
Afídids
Blat
Soil fertility
Aphididae
Wheat
title_short Wheat cultivar mixtures enhance the delivery of agroecosystem services compared to monocultures under contrasted tillage intensities and fertilization
title_full Wheat cultivar mixtures enhance the delivery of agroecosystem services compared to monocultures under contrasted tillage intensities and fertilization
title_fullStr Wheat cultivar mixtures enhance the delivery of agroecosystem services compared to monocultures under contrasted tillage intensities and fertilization
title_full_unstemmed Wheat cultivar mixtures enhance the delivery of agroecosystem services compared to monocultures under contrasted tillage intensities and fertilization
title_sort Wheat cultivar mixtures enhance the delivery of agroecosystem services compared to monocultures under contrasted tillage intensities and fertilization
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tous Fandos, Alba
Bragg, Daniel
Blanco Moreno, José Manuel
Chamorro Lorenzo, Lourdes
Sans, Xavier (Sans i Serra)
author Tous Fandos, Alba
author_facet Tous Fandos, Alba
Bragg, Daniel
Blanco Moreno, José Manuel
Chamorro Lorenzo, Lourdes
Sans, Xavier (Sans i Serra)
author_role author
author2 Bragg, Daniel
Blanco Moreno, José Manuel
Chamorro Lorenzo, Lourdes
Sans, Xavier (Sans i Serra)
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Fertilitat del sòl
Afídids
Blat
Soil fertility
Aphididae
Wheat
topic Fertilitat del sòl
Afídids
Blat
Soil fertility
Aphididae
Wheat
description Wheat cultivar mixtures provide a more complex and functional cropping system than monocultures. Their functionality mayresult in the delivery of agroecosystem services. However, research on cultivar mixture performance has mainly been donein controlled environments. Greenhouses and laboratory experiments do not account for environmental or agronomic factorsthat may influence the polyculture’s functionality. To fill this research gap, we set up a novel strip-split-block experimentaldesign with three factors (wheat treatment, tillage, and fertilization) in a field long-term trial. We assessed the performanceof the modern wheat cultivar Florence-Aurora and the traditional cultivars Xeixa (Triticum aestivum L. subsp. aestivum)and Forment (Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum) monocultures and their mixture in providing aphid and weed controland promoting crop yield under contrasting tillage practices (moldboard ploughing vs. chisel ploughing) and fertilization(farmyard manure applied or not applied). We analyzed aphid abundance, number of aphids per tiller, parasitism rate, weedabundance and richness, and crop yield. Additionally, we examined wheat establishment, cover, phenology, and heightfor cultivar characterization. We observed that soil management practices affected some aspects of the cropping system.The wheat cultivars differed in their aphid susceptibility and weed suppression ability, with Florence-Aurora being lesssuppressant to weeds and more prone to aphid infestation. Most remarkably, our study shows for the first time that mixingwheat cultivars with distinguished traits enhances associational resistance for aphid and weed control. These benefits werespecifically important under high weed infestations generated by reduced tillage. Moreover, the yield of Florence-Auroramonoculture and the mixture was found to be influenced by tillage and fertilization. Our study underscores how soil managementpractices impact the functionality of cultivar mixtures. This emphasizes the need for further field research to betterunderstand the complexity of farming conditions that influence the delivery of agroecosystem services by cultivar mixtures.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00996-y
Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2025, vol. 45, num.1, p. 1-13
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00996-y
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