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Glossary entry

français term or phrase:

plantes d’intercultures

anglais translation:

cover crops

Added to glossary by David Howard
Dec 14, 2017 08:50
6 yrs ago
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français term

plantes d’intercultures

français vers anglais Technique / Génie Agriculture Plant breeding
[Company name] développe une activité recherche dans la création variétale de graminées fourragères, à gazon et plantes d’intercultures. Cinq nouvelles variétés ont été inscrites en France sur cet exercice et quatre en Europe. Concernant la recherche sur les plantes fourragères (ray-grass anglais, ray-grass d’Italie, dactyle, fétuque élevée,…) l’année 2017 a permis d’appréhender la productivité fourragère en conditions de stress hydrique et d’améliorer la résistance aux maladies notamment à la rouille.

Hi all,

I'm working on a financial report, however, there are some operations-specific sections that require a little knowledge of agriculture. Does anyone have a suitable translation for "plantes d’intercultures"?

Many thanks
David
Proposed translations (anglais)
3 +1 cover crops
4 +1 intercropped plants
4 intercropping plants

Discussion

Yvonne Gallagher Dec 16, 2017:
@ David
Well, I'm pretty sure it means plants for intercropping. It seems to me a mixture of these plants is being used, something which is recommended for best results. Fodder grasses are usually a mix of grasses and legumes. Mustard is from the brassica family and vetch from legumes so a mix of brassica/legume/grass is often recommended to get the best possible complementarity in your food (or green manure) by interplanting these in rows=intercropping. In fact the grasses are often seen/used as "nurse" plants for the mustards (and other possible unnamed plants) for best results so here being used as intercropping plants (or plants to be intercropped, if you prefer). Many of these can also be underseeded or followed by fodder crops. I think these pictures here show that "plantes d'intercultures"= intercropping plants http://www.talkypic.com/hashtag/intercultures
David Howard (asker) Dec 15, 2017:
Thanks for all the contributions. The only text that offers any kind of example is the following:
Cette année encore, de nouvelles variétés de vesce et de moutarde ont été inscrites à sa gamme.
It looks like they are both used as cover crops.
Herbmione Granger Dec 14, 2017:
Is this intercropping?: http://popups.ulg.ac.be/1780-4507/index.php?id=9730
nweatherdon Dec 14, 2017:
If they are being planted for intercropping purposes (using two or more plants to take advantage of some complementarity), they are intercropped, right? This would hold whether being used for textiles, foods or other purposes.
Yvonne Gallagher Dec 14, 2017:
@ phil,
the point I'm making is that these grasses can be used as fodder, can be perennial BUT can also be used as (temporary) cover crops themselves. I think we need more context here. So, I'd like some example of the "plantes d’intercultures"
philgoddard Dec 14, 2017:
But it doesn't say that those species are "plantes d'intercultures". They are "plantes fourragères".
Yvonne Gallagher Dec 14, 2017:
yes it would be "cover crops" if the ground is being left fallow but that doesn't seem to be the case here as the plants mentioned are various types of perennial grasses "ray-grass anglais, ray-grass d’Italie, dactyle, fétuque élevée" and no cover crop or green manure is mentioned.
philgoddard Dec 14, 2017:
I agree, Gabrielle. Inercropping is growing different crops side by side, and it's a cultivation technique.
Gabrielle Leyden Dec 14, 2017:
intercropping intercropping = culture intercalaire, dixit INRA glossary. "Plantes d'interculture" looks like a back-translation of the English. Your "plantes d'interculture" might simply also be cover crops in the rotation cycle

Proposed translations

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cover crops

I would expect "cover crop" here in the text.

http://www.generalseedcompany.ca/
specialized in Forage, Turf, Cover Crops, Silage Corn and Native Seeds

http://agriculture-de-conservation.com/Couverts-d-intercultu...
Les couverts d’interculture à base de légumineuses peuvent jouer un rôle important dans la progression des systèmes de culture vers une plus grande autonomie vis-à-vis des engrais azotés.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent-béguier-84787424
Création variétale en plantes fourragères et à gazon, plantes d'intercultures...
Plant breeder: forage (grasses and alfalfa), turf, cover crops, corn, and Biofuel

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Note added at 1 hr (2017-12-14 10:06:51 GMT)
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Edit: ... expect "cover crops" (varieties).

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Note added at 1 day 1 hr (2017-12-15 10:05:19 GMT)
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I am thinking that "interculture" is the time period between crop cycles.

http://www.ecophytopic.fr/tr/prévention-prophylaxie/gestion-...
Plantes de couvert en culture ou interculture
Les cultures dérobées, doubles ou intermédiaires sont des plantes de services. Elles sont implantées entre deux cultures principales de la rotation.

"Cover crop" may not have the same exact meaning, but it is the closest term in English that I can think of.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couvert_végétal
Un couvert végétal désigne un ensemble de végétaux recouvrant le sol de manière permanente ou temporaire...
On parle aussi de plante d’interculture, d'engrais vert, de culture intermédiaire, ou, en particulier, de CIPAN (Culture Intermédiaire Piège à Nitrates).

https://modernag.org/soil-health/cover-crops-growing-solutio...
Cover crops like grasses and legumes are planted over what would otherwise be a barren garden bed or field in between growing seasons for a primary crop. For farmers, after they harvest a primary crop like corn or soybeans, a cover crop can be planted to cover and protect the soil until next year.

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Note added at 2 days 6 hrs (2017-12-16 15:40:05 GMT)
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I don't think this refers to "culture conjointe d'espèces végétales."
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois_sœurs_(agriculture)
http://permaculturefacile.fr/quoi-planter/
http://www.pearltrees.com/t/jardin/associations-plantes/id13...

https://www.dmoz.fr/economie/agriculture/couverts-vegetaux-i...
« Un couvert végétal semé entre 2 cultures (le plus souvent entre une culture récoltée en été et la culture suivante semée au printemps) possède plusieurs fonctions qui dépasse la définition réductrice de CIPAN (culture intermédiaire piège à nitrates). On pourrait même les assimiler à des clés à « six pans » tellement ils sont multifonctionnels !

https://www.u-picardie.fr/beauchamp/mst/Erosion_sol/Erosion-...
Pendant l’interculture, il peut s’écouler une longue période durant laquelle le sol reste parfois sans protection (par exemple entre une culture de blé récoltée en août et une culture de maïs semée en avril-mai). Le non déchaumage consiste alors à laisser le chantier de récolte en l’état et reporter le labour au printemps.Il permet de maintenir un effet de "mulch" (couverture végétale morte) qui diminue fortement l'impact des précipitations, le sol n'étant pas travaillé, il reste résistant aux incisions.
Peer comment(s):
agree philgoddard : Yes, not intercropping.
4 heures
Thanks, Phil. I agree that "intercrop/ping" should not be used, since it has a different meaning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercropping
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you herbalchemist"
14 minutes

intercropping plants

pretty sure this is what they are. Also known sometimes as interplanting

https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-interplanting-and-intercro...

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Note added at 16 mins (2017-12-14 09:06:22 GMT)
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Just found this in En> Fr which backs intercropping up.

https://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_french/agriculture/580...
Peer comment(s):
neutral philgoddard : The previous question was about "inter-crop", not "intercropping" which is something different .
5 heures
and quite a bit of discussion as well as to what exactly was intended...
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17 minutes

intercropped plants

They are referring to intercropping or interplanting. I'd probably say 'intercropped plants'.

HTH


Sheila
Reference:

https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-interplanting-and-intercropping-2539764

Peer comment(s):
agree Rachel Fell : https://academic.oup.com/aob/article/117/3/363/2195700#89036...
1 jour 13 heures
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