Exploring management scenarios for intercroppong winter wheat and red fescue as cover crop using STICS model

Abstract : The objectives were to study four management scenarios of the system using STICS-crop model, and to analyze the impact of the timing of the fescue cycle on the agronomic and environmental performance of the system, in order to find the best compromise between competitive effects and facilitative effect in intercropping winter wheat and red-fescue as cover crop (biomass accumulation and radiation interception).