Ecological principles underlying the increase of productivity achieved by cereal-grain legume intercrops in organic farming. A review

L Bedoussac, EP Journet… - Agronomy for …, 2015 - Springer
World population is projected to reach over nine billion by the year 2050, and ensuring food
security while mitigating environmental impacts represents a major agricultural challenge …

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 …

Advancing intercrop** research and practices in industrialized agricultural landscapes

KA Bybee-Finley, MR Ryan - Agriculture, 2018 - mdpi.com
Sustainable intensification calls for agroecological and adaptive management of the
agrifood system. Here, we focus on intercrop** and how this agroecological practice can …

Cover crop crucifer-legume mixtures provide effective nitrate catch crop and nitrogen green manure ecosystem services

A Couëdel, L Alletto, H Tribouillois, É Justes - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2018 - Elsevier
During the fallow period, crucifers grown as catch crops are known to effectively reduce
nitrate leaching, while legumes act mainly as green manure by releasing large amounts of …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Yield gain, complementarity and competitive dominance in intercrop** in China: A meta-analysis of drivers of yield gain using additive partitioning

C Li, E Hoffland, TW Kuyper, Y Yu, H Li, C Zhang… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Intercrop** is known to increase the efficiency of land use, but no meta-analysis has so far
been made on the yield gain of intercrop** compared to sole crop** in terms of absolute …

The intercrop** common bean with maize improves the rhizobial efficiency, resource use and grain yield under low phosphorus availability

M Latati, A Bargaz, B Belarbi, M Lazali… - European journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In order to better understand how mixed crop cultures mitigate stressful conditions, this study
aims to highlight the beneficial effect of the intercrop** legume-cereal in enhancing soil …

Do diverse cover crop mixtures perform better than monocultures? A systematic review

AM Florence, AM McGuire - Agronomy Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Multi‐species cover crop mixtures have been increasing in popularity. It has been
hypothesized these mixtures produce more biomass, suppress more weeds, scavenge more …

The 4C approach as a way to understand species interactions determining intercrop** productivity

E Justes, L Bedoussac, C Dordas, E Frak… - Frontiers of …, 2021 - pure.sruc.ac.uk
Modern agriculture needs to develop transition pathways toward agroecological, resilient
and sustainable farming systems. One key pathway for such agroecological intensification is …

Pea–wheat intercrops in low-input conditions combine high economic performances and low environmental impacts

E Pelzer, M Bazot, D Makowski, G Corre-Hellou… - European Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Intensive agriculture ensures high yields but can cause serious environmental damages.
The optimal use of soil and atmospheric sources of nitrogen in cereal–legume mixtures may …