Impacts of High and Low-Input Farming Systems on the Quality Change of Safflower Oil While Intercropped with Bitter Vetch
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2022
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Ankara Üniversitesi
Abstract
The purpose of this factorial field experiment was to investigate the
influence of farming systems and intercropping patterns (IPs) on the
physiological aspects of safflower and bitter vetch. Treatments included
high and low-input farming systems and various IPs that exchanged
safflower and bitter vetch with row ratios of 2:2, 2:3, 2:4, 2:5, while sole
cropping safflower and bitter vetch were used as control. The highest
grain yield of both plants was obtained from the high input farming
system (HIFS). The most safflower oil yield and protein yield of bitter
vetch were achieved from sole cropping in the HIFS. Safflower sole
cropping in the Low-input farming system (LIFS) had the highest oil
content, but in other traits, HIFS had superior to LIFS. Intercropping
resulted in high P and N content and low stearic acid in safflower
compared with sole cropping. These novel findings demonstrate that
HIFS was beneficial than LIFS in all traits of both plants except safflower
oil content and some fatty acids content like palmitic acid. Also, in the
2:2 IP monetary advantage index (MAI) and the land equivalent ratio
(LER=1.13) were highest that indicating that 13% additional area ne
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Fatty acid composition;, Grain yield;, Land equivalent ratio