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Vol. 81 No. 3 (2026)

Research paper

Effects of cropping systems on weed infestation, soil properties, yield, and grain quality of winter durum wheat

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24326/as.2026.5689
Submitted: April 10, 2026
Published: 09.10.2026

Abstract

This study examined the effects of a four-field crop rotation and long-term cereal monoculture on the grain yield and quality of winter durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) van Slageren), as well as on weed infestation and soil properties. Durum wheat was grown in a crop rotation (CR) system following potato in the se-quence: potato – winter durum wheat – spring pea – winter wheat, and in a cereal monoculture (CM) established 36 years ago. All crops were cultivated under conventional tillage. Grain yield was significantly higher under CR than under CM (7.31 vs. 2.51 t ha-1). Similarly, spike density, grain weight per spike, and thousand-grain weight were greater in CR. Grain from CR also exhibited higher test weight, better uniformity, and greater starch content com-pared with CM. Weed density and biomass were higher in CM than in CR. Soils under crop rotation contained higher levels of organic carbon, total nitrogen, and potassium than soils under monoculture.

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