Glasswort as a Strategic Crop in Coastal Wetlands: Intercropping Results with Swiss Chard DOI Creative Commons
Anna Rita Bernadette Cammerino, Michela Ingaramo,

Vincenzo Rizzi

et al.

Agronomy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(1), P. 158 - 158

Published: Jan. 10, 2025

The Mediterranean region is experiencing severe droughts and unprecedented high temperatures. In terms of salinity, about 18 million ha land, or 25% the total irrigated area in Mediterranean, salt affected. use halophytes as intercropping species to mitigate effects stress attractive. Halophytes have a great capacity maintain their productivity this extreme environment, thus supporting climate-appropriate agriculture. aim study was evaluate Salicornia europaea L. subsp. ramosissima (glasswort) under field conditions soil grown sole crop (monocropping) companion (intercropping) with Beta vulgaris cicla (Swiss chard) 1:1 cropping pattern. trials were conducted coastal wetland “King’s Lagoon”, private nature reserve Apulia/Puglia (southern Italy), during two consecutive spring–summer seasons 2023 2024 different management irrigation fertilization. These performed test for possible interaction effects. results showed that both glasswort chard can be sustainably slightly saline (ECe range 4–8 dS m−1). contrast, strongly > 16 m−1) prohibitive chard, an intercrop, but largely beneficial glasswort. Swiss benefit from when salinity still tolerable (6.9 m−1), showing LER (Land Equivalent Ratio) ≥ 1.19. Meanwhile, did not significantly improve growth considerably (16.6 Higher values observed contribution intercrop performance greater than glasswort, i.e., conditions. This means significant positive effect on long moderately saline. Glasswort therefore considered valuable model environments. integration (possibly together other local halophytes) into diversified systems marginal soils promising sustainable agricultural practice environmentally fragile areas such wetlands, swamps, brackish areas, marshes.

Language: Английский

Glasswort as a Strategic Crop in Coastal Wetlands: Intercropping Results with Swiss Chard DOI Creative Commons
Anna Rita Bernadette Cammerino, Michela Ingaramo,

Vincenzo Rizzi

et al.

Agronomy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(1), P. 158 - 158

Published: Jan. 10, 2025

The Mediterranean region is experiencing severe droughts and unprecedented high temperatures. In terms of salinity, about 18 million ha land, or 25% the total irrigated area in Mediterranean, salt affected. use halophytes as intercropping species to mitigate effects stress attractive. Halophytes have a great capacity maintain their productivity this extreme environment, thus supporting climate-appropriate agriculture. aim study was evaluate Salicornia europaea L. subsp. ramosissima (glasswort) under field conditions soil grown sole crop (monocropping) companion (intercropping) with Beta vulgaris cicla (Swiss chard) 1:1 cropping pattern. trials were conducted coastal wetland “King’s Lagoon”, private nature reserve Apulia/Puglia (southern Italy), during two consecutive spring–summer seasons 2023 2024 different management irrigation fertilization. These performed test for possible interaction effects. results showed that both glasswort chard can be sustainably slightly saline (ECe range 4–8 dS m−1). contrast, strongly > 16 m−1) prohibitive chard, an intercrop, but largely beneficial glasswort. Swiss benefit from when salinity still tolerable (6.9 m−1), showing LER (Land Equivalent Ratio) ≥ 1.19. Meanwhile, did not significantly improve growth considerably (16.6 Higher values observed contribution intercrop performance greater than glasswort, i.e., conditions. This means significant positive effect on long moderately saline. Glasswort therefore considered valuable model environments. integration (possibly together other local halophytes) into diversified systems marginal soils promising sustainable agricultural practice environmentally fragile areas such wetlands, swamps, brackish areas, marshes.

Language: Английский

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