Fate of nitrogen in agriculture and environment: agronomic, eco-physiological and molecular approaches to improve nitrogen use efficiency

M Anas, F Liao, KK Verma, MA Sarwar, A Mahmood… - Biological research, 2020 - Springer
Nitrogen is the main limiting nutrient after carbon, hydrogen and oxygen for photosynthetic
process, phyto-hormonal, proteomic changes and growth-development of plants to complete …

The role of cover crops in improving soil fertility and plant nutritional status in temperate climates. A review

A Scavo, S Fontanazza, A Restuccia, GR Pesce… - Agronomy for …, 2022 - Springer
Cover crops (CCs) are a promising and sustainable agronomic practice to ameliorate soil
health and crop performances. However, the complex of relationships between CCs, the …

Intercrop** with legume for agroecological crop** systems: Complementarity and facilitation processes and the importance of soil microorganisms. A review

O Duchene, JF Vian, F Celette - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Intercrop** is a powerful way to promote a more diversified plant community in the field,
thereby enabling complementary and facilitative relationships. In these systems, legumes …

Cover crops and ecosystem services: Insights from studies in temperate soils

H Blanco‐Canqui, TM Shaver, JL Lindquist… - Agronomy …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Cover crops (CCs) can provide multiple soil, agricultural production, and environmental
benefits. However, a better understanding of such potential ecosystem services is needed …

Improving intercrop**: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology

RW Brooker, AE Bennett, WF Cong, TJ Daniell… - New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Intercrop** is a farming practice involving two or more crop species, or genotypes,
growing together and coexisting for a time. On the fringes of modern intensive agriculture …

Intercrop** legumes and cereals increases phosphorus use efficiency; a meta-analysis

X Tang, C Zhang, Y Yu, J Shen, W van der Werf… - Plant and Soil, 2021 - Springer
Aims Intercrop** cereals with legumes may achieve high crop yields at reduced input
levels. Several studies have indicated that intercrop** increases phosphorus use …

Diversity enhances agricultural productivity via rhizosphere phosphorus facilitation on phosphorus-deficient soils

L Li, SM Li, JH Sun, LL Zhou, XG Bao… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Intercrop**, which grows at least two crop species on the same pieces of land at the same
time, can increase grain yields greatly. Legume–grass intercrops are known to overyield …

Using competitive and facilitative interactions in intercrop** systems enhances crop productivity and nutrient-use efficiency

F Zhang, L Li - Plant and soil, 2003 - Springer
This paper reviews recent research on the processes involved in the yield advantage in
wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)/maize (Zea mays L.), wheat/soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] …

P for two, sharing a scarce resource: soil phosphorus acquisition in the rhizosphere of intercropped species

P Hinsinger, E Betencourt, L Bernard… - Plant …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Ecological services of faba bean

U Köpke, T Nemecek - Field crops research, 2010 - Elsevier
The key environmental benefits of faba bean are its ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen
symbiotically under a broad spectrum of environmental conditions and making this …