Intensive agriculture is based on the use of high-energy inputs and quality planting materials
with assured irrigation, but it has failed to assure agricultural sustainability because of …

There is a great demand for high-protein materials for livestock feed in Europe and
European agriculture has a deficit of about 70% high-protein materials of which 87% is met …

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 …

Tillage has been known to cause soil erosion and cost time and resources and this affects
productivity and inflates the cost of production. Therefore, over the past few years in many …

Intercropping has been advocated as an environmentally benign method to suppress weeds
in agriculture. However, it is not evident from the literature what size of weed suppressive …

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, an age old agricultural practice of cultivating two or more crops in the same
space at the same time is generally adopted for more production by utilizing available …

Companion plant intercropping involves growing a cash crop with another plant that is not
harvested, to confer a set of benefits on the crop and the environment. Weed control and …

Intercropping offers a promising approach to enhance productivity in a given land area by
simultaneously cultivating two or more crops together. Maize, a versatile cereal crop that can …

Milk thistle (Silybum marianum L. Gaertn.) is the most researched plant for the treatment of
liver disease. Its therapeutic properties are due to the presence of silymarin, a mixture of …