Effect of Drought on Bean Yield Is Mediated by Intraspecific Variation in Crop Mixtures.

ABSTRACT: Increasing plant diversity in agricultural systems provides promising solutions for sustainably increasing crop yield. It remains unclear; however, how plant-plant interactions in diverse systems are mediated by plant genetic variation. We conducted a greenhouse experiment in which we grew three varieties of common beans with three companion plant species (chickpeas, sorghum, and sunflower) in different combinations (crop mixtures, bean cultivar mixtures, and monocultures), with and without drought stress. We hypothesized that under drought stress, the effect of companion plant species on bean yield would be mediated by the drought tolerance potential of the species. We further hypothesized that this effect would vary across different bean cultivars. Overall, we show that the effect of com

SUBMITTER: Singh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8829134 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature