Intercropping is a powerful way to promote a more diversified plant community in the field,
thereby enabling complementary and facilitative relationships. In these systems, legumes …

Agriculture is facing up to an increasing number of challenges, including the need to ensure
various ecosystem services and to resolve apparent conflicts between them. One of the …

Life on Earth is sustained by a small volume of soil surrounding roots, called the
rhizosphere. The soil is where most of the biodiversity on Earth exists, and the rhizosphere …

Over the last 50 years, the use of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilizers has increased
at a faster rate than global food production, resulting in substantial decreases of N and P …

Intercropping is a powerful way that promote a more diversified plant community in
croplandas. It is important to understand how this practice regulates phosphorus (P) footprint …

Abstract Background Phosphorus (P), iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) are essential elements for plant
growth and development, but their availability in soil is often limited. Intercropping …

In order to better understand how mixed crop cultures mitigate stressful conditions, this study
aims to highlight the beneficial effect of the intercropping legume-cereal in enhancing soil …

Background and scope Multi-cropping approaches in production systems, where more than
one crop cultivar or species are grown simultaneously, are gaining increased attention and …

Cereal–legume intercropping can promote plant growth (ie facilitation) through an increase
in the amount of phosphorus (P) taken up, especially in low P soils. The aim of this study …

Background In the context of increasing global food demand, ecological intensification of
agroecosystems is required to increase nutrient use efficiency in plants while decreasing …