Soil properties and yields of winter wheat after long-term growing of this crop in two contrasting rotations

The Effect of the Three-Field Crop Rotation System and Cereal Monoculture on Grain Yield and Quality and the Economic Efficiency of Durum Wheat Production

“…It was significantly lower for crop rotation B (by 18.2%), while the lowest yield was observed for cereal monoculture (by 33.6%). Also, the studies by Smagacz et al [33] demonstrate that the grain yield of wheat grown after cereals was lower than that obtained for wheat grown otherwise than in cereal monoculture. The studies by Morrison et al [34] show that the yield of wheat under conventional tillage was 22% higher for crop rotation than for cereal monoculture.…”

The effect of crop rotation and soil tillage on winter wheat yield

“…Wheat yield level is at risk to decrease, while wheat is grown in rotation with a large proportion of wheat (Bonciarelli et al, 2016). The increase of wheat yield had been found in crop rotations if pulses (Babulicová, 2016), oilseeds (Schillinger & Paulitz, 2018) or root crops (Smagacz, Kozieł, & Martyniuk, 2016) are wheat fore-crops in the rotation. Changing the sequence of crops grown on arable land is an opportunity to increase wheat yields, and it was claimed that this increase may be up to 20% (Kirkegaard et al, 2008).…”