Designing intercrops for high yield, yield stability and efficient use of resources: Are there principles?

TJ Stomph, C Dordas, A Baranger, J de Rijk… - Advances in …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Water utilization in intercropping: A review

W Yin, Q Chai, C Zhao, A Yu, Z Fan, F Hu, H Fan… - Agricultural Water …, 2020 - Elsevier
Strip intercropping has been widely applied in arid and semi-arid regions due to high and
stable productivity and efficient utilization of resources. Intercropping can increase water use …

Does intercropping enhance yield stability in arable crop production? A meta-analysis

MD Raseduzzaman, ES Jensen - European Journal of Agronomy, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Annual intercrops: an alternative pathway for sustainable agriculture

AS Lithourgidis, CA Dordas, CA Damalas… - Australian journal of …, 2011 - search.informit.org
Intercropping, the agricultural practice of cultivating two or more crops in the same space at
the same time, is an old and commonly used cropping practice which aims to match …

Revisiting intercropping indices with respect to potato-legume intercropping systems

HI Gitari, SO Nyawade, S Kamau, NN Karanja… - Field Crops …, 2020 - Elsevier
Intercropping is gaining popularity in developing countries as a viable strategy for
diversifying cropping systems to ease food insecurity, given that arable land is shrinking …

Effect of aboveground and belowground interactions on the intercrop yields in maize-soybean relay intercropping systems

F Yang, D Liao, X Wu, R Gao, Y Fan, MA Raza… - Field Crops …, 2017 - Elsevier
Aboveground and belowground interactions are crucial in the over-yielding of intercropping
systems. However, the relative effects of aboveground and belowground interactions on …

[HTML][HTML] The deployment of intercropping and agroforestry as adaptation to climate change

AJ Burgess, MEC Cano, B Parkes - Crop and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Food security is threatened by the combined pressures of increasing populations and
climate change. Agricultural land is vulnerable to overexploitation and environmental …

Dry matter yield, nitrogen content, and competition in pea–cereal intercropping systems

AS Lithourgidis, DN Vlachostergios, CA Dordas… - European Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Intercrops of pea (Pisum arvense L.), a popular legume used in intercropping systems with
winter cereals for forage and silage production, with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), rye …

Understanding intercropping to improve agricultural resiliency and environmental sustainability

S Glaze-Corcoran, M Hashemi, A Sadeghpour… - Advances in …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Cereal+ legume intercropping: An option for improving productivity and sustaining soil health

J Layek, A Das, T Mitran, C Nath, RS Meena… - Legumes for soil health …, 2018 - Springer
Intercropping is the system of simultaneously growing two or more crops on the same land
area with a definite row arrangement. However, it is very much important to ensure that …