While many pesticides are detrimental to human health and the environment, drastically
reducing their use and risks in agriculture has been set as a key target for global …

Most of the attention given to intraspecific crop, livestock, and aquaculture diversity in
agricultural production systems has been targeted at their roles in providing provisioning …

Purpose The current knowledge of belowground interactions in intercropping systems is
limited due to methodological constraints. The current study aimed to investigate cereal …

Context of problem Crop cultivar mixtures can increase and stabilize productivity; however,
their effects on year-to-year temporal stability are positive in some cases, and neutral or …

Different diversification practices have the potential to reduce pests and therefore pesticide
use. Yet, their integration at the agroecosystem level and the evaluation of their …

Purpose Interactions between plants and soil biota play an important role in maintaining the
productivity and sustainability of agro-ecosystems, but mechanisms responsible for these …

Intercropping, involving the incorporation of annual crops with alternative crops or non-crop
cash crops, has the potential to enhance water conservation and stabilize agroecosystems …

Intensive agriculture relies largely on monocultures and plant protection chemicals to
sustain food security but leaning towards such practices undermines environmental …

Background and aims Intercrops offer multiple advantages over sole crops. The aim of our
study was to characterize root growth and interactions in spring wheat/faba bean intercrops …

The multi-canopy cropping system is a new way to increase the number of soybeans grown.
It is based on the idea of vertical agriculture. Short and tall plants are grown on the same hill …