Experimental on-farm trials data of faba bean and wheat intercropping field validation in Lebanon and Morocco

Abstract

This data paper describes the content of four datasets collected by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) as a partner in the project “Designing InnoVative plant teams for Ecosystem Resilience and agricultural Sustainability (DIVERSify)” with the objective of assessing the feasibility of faba bean-wheat mixture in Mediterranean environments under diverse rainfed conditions. Data was collected during the trials conducted in Kfardan-Lebanon during 2017/2018 where 40 faba bean varieties were evaluated as sole and as mixture with 2 wheat cultivars ‘Margherita’ and ‘Miki’ and during 2018/2019 where 40 faba bean varieties and one durum wheat cultivar ‘Margherita’ were evaluated under low rainfall environments. Trials were also conducted in Tal Amara-Lebanon during 2019/2020 where 20 faba bean lines and one durum wheat cultivar ‘Margherita’ were evaluated under high rainfall environments and in Marchouch-Morocco during 2019/2020 where 7 faba bean lines with 3 cultivars and one durum wheat cultivar ‘Margherita’ were evaluated under extremely low rainfall environments. A detailed list of the different biological traits collected for wheat and faba bean is found in the specification table in this article. The Kfardan 2018/2019, Tal Amara and Marchouch data is related to the conference paper “Performance of faba bean-wheat mixture under diverse Mediterranean environments” [1].

Keywords

• Faba bean
• Wheat
• Crop mixture
• Dry areas
• Breeding for intercropping