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Yield and qualitative traits of sugarcane cultivated in agroforestry systems: Toward sustainable production systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2017

Felipe Schwerz ,
Elvis F. Elli ,
Alexandre Behling ,
Denise Schmidt ,
Braulio O. Caron  and
Jaqueline Sgarbossa
Felipe Schwerz*
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomic and Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Santa Maria, Frederico Westphalen Campus, 98400-000, Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Elvis F. Elli
Affiliation:
Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of São Paulo, College of Agriculture, 13418-900, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Alexandre Behling
Affiliation:
Department of Forest Science, Federal University of Paraná, 80060-000, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Denise Schmidt
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomic and Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Santa Maria, Frederico Westphalen Campus, 98400-000, Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Braulio O. Caron
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomic and Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Santa Maria, Frederico Westphalen Campus, 98400-000, Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Jaqueline Sgarbossa
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomic and Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Santa Maria, Frederico Westphalen Campus, 98400-000, Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
*
Author for correspondence: Felipe Schwerz, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

One of the greatest challenges in crop science worldwide is to generate a balance between crop production and environmental preservation. Agroforestry systems present promising strategies for balancing environmental health and crop production. The aim of this study was to evaluate yield components and the juice quality of five sugarcane crop years cultivated in the understory of Aleurites fordii, in two intercropping systems and a monocropping system. A field experiment was conducted from November 2011 to June 2016 in the city of Frederico Westphalen—Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Information generated in this study confirms the viability of the cultivation of sugarcane in agroforestry systems, and provides information for farmers which can be used to assist in the planning of more ideal agroforestry arrangements. Agroforestry systems should consider the benefits of both forest and cultivated plant species. In this study, A. fordii trees had greater growth in the intercrop II system; however, this system promoted reductions in sugarcane yield components due to the lowest relative amount of solar radiation intercepted by sugarcane plants. For sugarcane production, the use of an intercropping system with 12 × 12 m2 arrangements should be prioritized, because it promotes greater sugarcane yields when compared with 6 × 6 m2 intercropping systems; however, significant differences were not observed when the system (12 × 12 m2) was compared with the monocropping system for most of the analyzed variables. This study sought to provide new sustainable alternatives for farmers in order to increase the diversification of rural properties and maintain the preservation of existing agroecosystems.

Keywords

tree–crop interactionsSacharum officinarum L.intercropping systemstree arrangementcane-ratoon
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Research Paper
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Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , August 2019 , pp. 280 - 292
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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