RENDEMENT DE DIFFÉRENTS MÉLANGES D’ORGE (Hordeum vulgare L.) ET D’AVOINE (Avenau sativa L.) ET PRODUCTIVITÉ DE CHACUNE DES ESPÈCES
A two-year study was conducted at Normandin, Quebec to evaluate the behavior of mixtures of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and oats (Avena sativa L.) and productivity of their components. Eleven proportions of barley:oats (0:100, 10:90, 20:80, 30:70, 40:60, 50:50, 60:40, 70:30, 80:20, 90:10, 100:0) were evaluated at a seeding rate of 330 viable seeds m−2. Sophie barley and Laurent oats were used for their almost identical maturity. Yields of pure stands of barley were higher than those obtained from pure stands of oats. Mixtures comprising 50% or more of barley produced yields greater than those with less than 50% barley but yields were not higher than those from pure stands of barley. The proportions of barley and oat found in the grain mixture at harvest did not vary substantially from those used at sowing. The specific weight of the grain mixture at harvest increased concurrently with the increment of the proportion of barley at sowing.Key words: Barley, oats, mixture, yield, yield components