Efficient energy conversion production systems are important for modern agriculture. The objetive was to evaluate the energy conversion and balance of five rotation systems that included triticale. The evaluated systems, from 1987 to 1991, were: I (triticale/soybean), II (triticale/soybean and black oats/soybean), III (triticale/soybean and common vetch/corn), IV (triticale/soybean, common vetch/corn, and black oats/soybean), and V (triticale/soybean, triticale/soybean, common vetch/corn, and black oats/ soybean). In 1990, black oats was replaced by white oats in systems II, IV, and V. The experiment was set up under no-tillage, using a randomized block design with three replications and plots totalizing 24 m² . On average, for the period 1987 to 1989, system III showed higher energy conversou (9.30) and balance (23.860 Mcal/ha), as compared to the othen studied systems (I: 5.38, II: 5.02, IV: 8.12 e V: 7.37; I: 18.067 Mcal/ha, II: 13.790 Mcal/ha, IV: 19.875 Mcal/ha e V: 19.264 Mcal/ha, respectivily). In this period, the climatic conditions were normal. On average, the period 1990 to 1991, there were no significant differences between energy conversion and balance means. In this period, climatic conditions were adverse.
yield; white oast; black oats; common vetch; corn; soybean
