Microorganisms colonizing the plant rhizosphere provide a number of beneficial functions
for their host. Although an increasing number of investigations clarified the great functional …

Intercropping is an adapted farming system to optimize resource-use efficiency and crop
yield, particularly in low input agricultural systems. Due to the beneficial eco-agricultural …

Intercropping has the potential to improve plant nutrition as well as crop yield. However, the
exact mechanism promoting improved nutrient acquisition and the role the rhizosphere …

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

Of the many ways that plants interact with microbes, three aspects are highlighted in this
issue: interactions where the plant benefits from the microbes, interactions where the plant …

Microbial interactions with plant roots play an imperial role in tomato plant growth and
defense against the Rhizoctonia solani. This study performed a field experiment with two …

Background Intercropping, a diversified planting pattern, increases land use efficiency and
farmland ecological diversity. We explored the changes in soil physicochemical properties …

Problems Global demand for food continues to grow as a result of rising incomes and
population growth. Meanwhile, the sustainability of food production is affected by climate …

Maize-soybean relay intercropping is an effective approach to improve the crop yield and
nutrient use efficiency, which is widely practiced by farmers in southwest of China. To …

Context or problem Rotational strip intercropping is a compound planting system using
annual intercropping and interannual rotation of intercropped strips. Our previous work …