Intercropping has been shown to increase the productivity of agroecosystems, but the
belowground mechanisms for this have not been well elucidated. The soil microbial …

Intercropping is one of the most vital practice to improve land utilization rate in China that
has limited arable land resource. However, the traditional intercropping systems have many …

Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

Maize–soybean intercropping is a common system in several countries. However, different
spatial patterns of maize and soybean can directly affect the light environment of soybean …

Maize is a crop that is cultivated worldwide. The Hexi Oasis is one of the most important
areas for high-yield maize seed production in China. Green manure, a plant fertilizer, has …

Background Plants form the base of the terrestrial food chain and provide medicines, fuel,
fibre and industrial materials to humans. Vascular land plants rely on their roots to acquire …

Traditional maize (Zea mays L.) and soybean (Glycine max (L) Merrill) intercropping practice
cannot be adapted to modern agriculture due to low light use efficiency, radiation use …

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most cultivated crops in temperate climates. As its
pests are mainly controlled with insecticides that are harmful to the environment and human …

Intercropping technology is applied widely in crop cultivation to help remediate soil polluted
with heavy metals. To investigate the feasibility and potential of intercropping …

Planting geometries directly affect crop yields in intercropping systems. Two different field
experiments were conducted in 2012–2013 to analyze how different planting geometries in …