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

Effect of crop combination on yield performance, nutrient uptake, and land use advantage of cereal/legume intercrop** systems

MA Raza, W Zhiqi, HS Yasin, H Gul, R Qin… - Field Crops …, 2023 - Elsevier
Context Crop type and temporal synchronization are crucial for improving the productivity of
intercrop** systems, especially with reduced inputs (nitrogen, N, and phosphorus, P) …

Relationships among light distribution, radiation use efficiency and land equivalent ratio in maize-soybean strip intercrop**

X Liu, T Rahman, C Song, F Yang, B Su, L Cui… - Field Crops …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Maize (Zea mays)-soybean (Glycine max) intercrop** is popular in many
develo** countries because of its high land equivalent ratio (LER). However, very few …

Maize-soybean intercrop** at optimal N fertilization increases the N uptake, N yield and N use efficiency of maize crop by regulating the N assimilatory enzymes

J Nasar, CJ Zhao, R Khan, H Gul, H Gitari… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Surplus use of chemical nitrogen (N) fertilizers to increase agricultural Q9
production causes severe problems to the agricultural ecosystem and environment. This is …

Border row effects on the distribution of root and soil resources in maize–soybean strip intercrop** systems

L Shen, X Wang, T Liu, W Wei, S Zhang… - Soil and Tillage …, 2023 - Elsevier
The cause of yield increase in crop strip intercrop** is often inseparable from the
boundary effect, and the distribution of roots and nutrients in the below-ground has an …

[HTML][HTML] Competition for light and nitrogen with an earlier-sown species negatively affects leaf traits and leaf photosynthetic capacity of maize in relay intercrop**

B Dong, Z Wang, JB Evers, TJ Stomph… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mixing crop species in intercrops often results in yield advantages but the underlying
processes are not completely understood. Increased resource capture in intercrops …

Effect of planting patterns on yield, nutrient accumulation and distribution in maize and soybean under relay intercrop** systems

MA Raza, MH Bin Khalid, X Zhang, LY Feng, I Khan… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Planting patterns affect nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) acquisition and
distribution in maize and soybean under intercrop** conditions. Here we reveal that strip …

Root plasticity and interspecific complementarity improve yields and water use efficiency of maize/soybean intercrop** in a water-limited condition

Y Zhang, Z Sun, Z Su, G Du, W Bai, Q Wang… - Field Crops …, 2022 - Elsevier
Intercrop** maize and soybean is renowned for improving crop production and resource
use efficiencies. Interspecific competition and complementarity with respect to root plasticity …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of strip width on yields in relay-strip intercrop**: A simulation study

PAJ Van Oort, F Gou, TJ Stomph… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Intercrop** is the cultivation of multiple crop species on the same land. Relay strip
intercrop** is an intercrop** system in which the component species are grown in strips …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal complementarity drives species combinability in strip intercrop** in the Netherlands

Z Wang, B Dong, TJ Stomph, JB Evers… - Field Crops …, 2023 - Elsevier
Combinability of species in intercrops depends on the production conditions and there is
limited information on the potential of intercrop** under conventional (ie, non-organic) …