Intercropping is the simultaneous cultivation of plant species in the same field for a
considerable proportion of their growing periods. Interest in intercropping for sustainable …

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) production in China has developed rapidly during the last
60 years. In 2012, the planting area and total output in the country were 5.3 million hectares …

The adverse effects of climate change are significantly decreasing yield levels and yield
stability over time in current monocropping systems. Intercropping (IC), ie. growing more …

Intercropping exploits species complementarities to achieve sustainable intensification by
increasing crop outputs per unit land with reduced anthropogenic inputs. Cereal/legume …

Intercropping, the simultaneous cultivation of multiple crop species in a single field,
increases aboveground productivity due to species complementarity. We hypothesized that …

Intercropping existed early in the evolution of agriculture. However, for several decades, use
of this sustainable cropping system approach remained limited to small operations in …

Intercropping is a well-established strategy for maximization of yield from limited land, but
mixed results have been obtained as to its performance in terms of water use efficiency …

Soil enzyme activities, soil bacterial and fungal community structures and cucumber yield as
affected by different cropping systems were evaluated in a three-successive-growing …

In a field experiment in the Yellow River Basin conducted in 2007 and 2008, it was found
that, under full irrigation, the roots of maize not only penetrated deeper than those of …

In China, a large acreage of cultivated land is devoted to relay intercropping of winter wheat
and cotton. Wheat is sown in strips with interspersed bare soil in October and harvested in …