Intercrop**—A low input agricultural strategy for food and environmental security

S Maitra, A Hossain, M Brestic, M Skalicky, P Ondrisik… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Enhancing climate change resilience in agricultural crops

Y Benitez-Alfonso, BK Soanes, S Zimba, B Sinanaj… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Climate change threatens global food and nutritional security through negative effects on
crop growth and agricultural productivity. Many countries have adopted ambitious climate …

Revisiting intercrop** indices with respect to potato-legume intercrop** systems

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

Water utilization in intercrop**: A review

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

Photosynthetic activities and photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency of maize crop under different planting patterns and nitrogen fertilization

J Nasar, W Khan, MZ Khan, HI Gitari… - Journal of Soil Science …, 2021 - Springer
The study aimed at assessing the effects of maize-alfalfa intercrop** with and without
nitrogen fertilization on photosynthetic characteristics, photosynthetic nitrogen utilization …

Effects of Stress Modifier Biostimulants on Vegetative Growth, Nutrients, and Antioxidants Contents of Garden Thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) Under Water Deficit …

A Rahimi, MM Mohammadi… - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2022 - Springer
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of stress modulators on vegetative growth,
antioxidants, and nutrient content of Thymus vulgaris L. under water deficit stress conditions …

The advantages of intercrop** to improve productivity in food and forage production–a review

P Toker, H Canci, I Turhan, A Isci… - Plant production …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Intercrop** is an agricultural technique where many crops are grown together on the
same field, and it is becoming more widely acknowledged for its ability to improve …

Nitrogen fertilization coupled with foliar application of iron and molybdenum improves shade tolerance of soybean under maize-soybean intercrop**

J Nasar, GY Wang, FJ Zhou, H Gitari, XB Zhou… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Maize-soybean intercrop** is practiced worldwide because of some of the anticipated
advantages such as high crop yield and better utilization of resources (ie, water, light …

Increasing rainwater use efficiency, gross return, and grain protein of rain-fed maize under nitrate and urea nitrogen forms

IO OCHIENG, S Ranjan, MF Seleiman… - Notulae Botanicae …, 2023 - notulaebotanicae.ro
The soil's capability to adjust and mitigate the effects of water shortage due to climate
change is limited in some regions such those that suffer from the low rainfall rates. This …

Smallholder farmers' knowledge on the use of bioslurry as a soil fertility amendment input for potato production in Kenya

ER Mwakidoshi, HH Gitari, EM Muindi… - Land Degradation & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A survey was conducted on farmers' fields at Werugha and Wusi‐Kishamba wards in Taita
Taveta County, Kenya, to assess the factors influencing farmers' decisions on the use of …